Suppose that a firm produces baseball bats in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows its demand curve, marginal revenue(MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve.Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm. Next,place a grey point (star symbol) to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost.10090Mon Comp Outcome807060Min Unit Cost50ATC40302010MCMRDemand102030405060708090100QUANTITY (Thousands of bats)PRICE (Dollars per bat) Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact thatoptimal quantity. Furthermore, the quantity the firm produces in long-run equilibrium isat thethe quantity at which firms minimizeaverage total cost.True or False: In the long-run equilibrium, a monopolistically competitive firm charges a price equal to marginal cost.O TrueFalse

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Suppose that a firm produces baseball bats in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows its demand curve, marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve. Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm. Next, place a grey point (star symbol) to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost. 100 90 Mon Comp Outcome 80 70 60 Min Unit Cost ATC 40 30 20 10 MC MR Demand 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY (Thousands of bats) PRICE (Dollars per bat)

Suppose that a firm produces baseball bats in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows its demand curve, marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve. Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm. Next, place a grey point (star symbol) to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost. 100 90 Mon Comp Outcome 80 70 60 Min Unit Cost ATC 40 30 20 10 MC MR Demand 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY (Thousands of bats) PRICE (Dollars per bat)

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