A perfectly competitive firm that makes car batteries has total fixed costs of $10,000 per month. The market price at which it can sell its output is $100 per battery. The firm's minimum AVC is $105 per battery. The firm is currently producing 500 batteries a month (the output level at which MR=MC). This firm is making a O loss, shut down O profit, shut down O profit: increase O loss, increase and should production.

A perfectly competitive firm that makes car batteries has total fixed costs of $10,000 per month. The market price at which it can sell its output is $100 per battery. The firm's minimum AVC is $105 per battery. The firm is currently producing 500 batteries a month (the output level at which MR=MC). This firm is making a O loss, shut down O profit, shut down O profit: increase O loss, increase and should production.

Microeconomics: Principles & Policy

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Chapter8: Output, Price, And Profit: The Importance Of Marginal Analysis

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