The accompanying graphs represent the market for soybeans, a perfectly (purely) competitive market, and Roy's Soys, an individual firm in the market for soybeans. The market and the firm are currently in long-run equilibrium at point A. Soybean market Roy's Soys 20 20 Price 2 Price 3 C • Marginal cost 19 19 18 Short-run supply 18 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 * 11 O 11 Average total cost 10 A 10 A Long-run supply Price 5 4 3 3 Demand 0123 4 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity (millions of bushels) 0123 4 5678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity (hundreds of bushels) 1. Show what happens in the short run on both graphs when a new medical study shows soybeans to be highly carcinogenic. On the market graph, you will shift a curve or curves. On the firm's graph, use Price 2 to draw a new price line for the firm. On both graphs, indicate the new equilibrium point with point B. 2. Now, show the changes that get both graphs back to long-run equilibrium. Use shift(s) for the market and Price 3 for the firm. Indicate the new long-run equilibrium with point C.
The accompanying graphs represent the market for soybeans, a perfectly (purely) competitive market, and Roy's Soys, an individual firm in the market for soybeans. The market and the firm are currently in long-run equilibrium at point A. Soybean market Roy's Soys 20 20 Price 2 Price 3 C • Marginal cost 19 19 18 Short-run supply 18 17 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 13 13 12 12 * 11 O 11 Average total cost 10 A 10 A Long-run supply Price 5 4 3 3 Demand 0123 4 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity (millions of bushels) 0123 4 5678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Quantity (hundreds of bushels) 1. Show what happens in the short run on both graphs when a new medical study shows soybeans to be highly carcinogenic. On the market graph, you will shift a curve or curves. On the firm's graph, use Price 2 to draw a new price line for the firm. On both graphs, indicate the new equilibrium point with point B. 2. Now, show the changes that get both graphs back to long-run equilibrium. Use shift(s) for the market and Price 3 for the firm. Indicate the new long-run equilibrium with point C.
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Show what happens in the short run on both graphs when a new medical study shows soybeans to be highly carcinogenic. On the market graph, you will shift a curve or curves. On the firm's graph, use
Price 2 to draw a new price line for the firm. On both graphs, indicate the new equilibrium point with point B. -
Now, show the changes that get both graphs back to long‑run equilibrium. Use shift(s) for the market and Price 3 for the firm. Indicate the new long‑run equilibrium with point C.
![The accompanying graphs represent the market for soybeans, a perfectly (purely) competitive market, and Roy's Soys, an
individual firm in the market for soybeans. The market and the firm are currently in long-run equilibrium at point A.
Soybean market
Roy's Soys
20
20
Price 2
Price 3
C
• Marginal cost
19
19
18
Short-run supply
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
* 11
O 11
Average total cost
10
A
10
A
Long-run supply
Price
5
4
3
3
Demand
0123 4 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Quantity (millions of bushels)
0123 4 5678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Quantity (hundreds of bushels)
1. Show what happens in the short run on both graphs when a new medical study shows soybeans to be highly
carcinogenic. On the market graph, you will shift a curve or curves. On the firm's graph, use Price 2 to draw a new price
line for the firm. On both graphs, indicate the new equilibrium point with point B.
2. Now, show the changes that get both graphs back to long-run equilibrium. Use shift(s) for the market and Price 3 for the
firm. Indicate the new long-run equilibrium with point C.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F12f0c762-73bd-4831-8ba7-0705e3df6421%2Ff31df172-eb2c-403d-bac5-b34fec79114b%2Fo8qbh4_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The accompanying graphs represent the market for soybeans, a perfectly (purely) competitive market, and Roy's Soys, an
individual firm in the market for soybeans. The market and the firm are currently in long-run equilibrium at point A.
Soybean market
Roy's Soys
20
20
Price 2
Price 3
C
• Marginal cost
19
19
18
Short-run supply
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
* 11
O 11
Average total cost
10
A
10
A
Long-run supply
Price
5
4
3
3
Demand
0123 4 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Quantity (millions of bushels)
0123 4 5678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Quantity (hundreds of bushels)
1. Show what happens in the short run on both graphs when a new medical study shows soybeans to be highly
carcinogenic. On the market graph, you will shift a curve or curves. On the firm's graph, use Price 2 to draw a new price
line for the firm. On both graphs, indicate the new equilibrium point with point B.
2. Now, show the changes that get both graphs back to long-run equilibrium. Use shift(s) for the market and Price 3 for the
firm. Indicate the new long-run equilibrium with point C.
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