he graph below is for Chic and Sharpe Ltd., a firm in the women’s garment industry, which is monopolistically competitive.             a. Label the four curves in the graph above. Double-click on each of the question marks on the graph and select the correct label. b. What is the profit-maximizing output and price?   Output:  units    Price: $    c. At the output in (b), what are the amounts of   Total cost: $  ; Total revenue: $    Economic profit: $

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The graph below is for Chic and Sharpe Ltd., a firm in the women’s garment industry, which is monopolistically competitive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

a. Label the four curves in the graph above. Double-click on each of the question marks on the graph and select the correct label.


b. What is the profit-maximizing output and price?
 

Output:  units

 

 Price: $ 
 

c. At the output in (b), what are the amounts of
 

Total cost: $  ; Total revenue: $ 
 

Economic profit: $ 
 

d. How much excess capacity exists?
 

 units

 

e. What will the presence of economic profits do?
 

  i) Result in the entry of new firms into the industry  ii) Have no effect on the number of firms in the industry  iii) Result in the exit of firms from the industry 

 

f. As a result of your answer to (e), the demand curve in the above graph will

 

  i) shift to the right  ii) shift to the left  iii) not shift 

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