**Graph Explanation:**The graph illustrates the dynamics within a monopolistically competitive market for jackets. It features several curves:- **Demand (blue line):** Shows the relationship between price and quantity demanded. It slopes downwards, indicating that as the price decreases, the quantity demanded increases. - **MR (Marginal Revenue - black line):** This curve lies below the demand curve, showing the additional revenue from selling one more unit.- **MC (Marginal Cost - orange line):** Represents the cost of producing one more unit of jacket. It typically slopes upward as production increases.- **ATC (Average Total Cost - green curve):** This curve shows the average cost of production per jacket. It initially decreases, reaches a minimum point, and then increases as output expands.- **Min Unit Cost (star marker):** Marks the lowest point on the ATC curve, representing the minimum average cost of production.**Text Explanation:**_Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact that Suppose that a firm produces wool jackets 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.**Instructions:**- **Black Point (Plus Symbol)**: Place on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm.- **Grey Point (Star Symbol)**: Place to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost.**Graph Description:**- **Axes**: - *X-axis*: Quantity (Thousands of jackets), ranging from 0 to 100. - *Y-axis*: Price (Dollars per jacket), ranging from 0 to 100.- **Curves**: - **Demand Curve**: Downward sloping, showing how quantity demanded decreases as price increases. - **MR (Marginal Revenue) Curve**: Downward sloping, lies below the demand curve. - **MC (Marginal Cost) Curve**: Upward sloping, intersects both the MR curve and the ATC curve. - **ATC (Average Total Cost) Curve**: U-shaped curve, showing how costs change with varying levels of production output.**Key Points**:- **Mon Comp Outcome (Black Point)**: Indicates where the MR and MC curves intersect, establishing the equilibrium price and quantity in the monopolistically competitive market.- **Min Unit Cost (Grey Point)**: Shows the minimum point on the ATC curve, indicating the most efficient production quantity.**Conclusion**:In a monopolistically competitive market, the firm reaches long-run equilibrium when the price equals the average total cost at a quantity where marginal cost equals marginal revenue. The firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium is not at its minimum.

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Suppose that a firm produces wool jackets 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 80 Mon Comp Outcome 70 60 Min Unit Cost 30 ATC 20 10 MC MR Demand 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY (Thousands of jackets) Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact that quantity for each firm. Furthermore, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium is at the optimal average total cost. the minimum PRICE (Dollars per jacket)

Suppose that a firm produces wool jackets 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 80 Mon Comp Outcome 70 60 Min Unit Cost 30 ATC 20 10 MC MR Demand 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY (Thousands of jackets) Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact that quantity for each firm. Furthermore, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium is at the optimal average total cost. the minimum PRICE (Dollars per jacket)

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