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8. In a perfectly competitive market:a. All goods or services in that market are similarb. The price is set by market equilibrium and individual sellers cannotinfluence the pricec. Sellers strive to supply the greatest quantity of the good or service at thelowest priced. Small groups of buyers and sellers can have a great influence on prices
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Given the two diagrams, the left showing the market supply and demand, the right
showing a typical individual firm in this competitive market, what would you expect
will happen over time?
Existing firms will increase output with positive profits.
Existing firms will exit the market and average profits by market firms will remain
positive.
New firms will enter the market and average profits by market firms will remain
positive.
Existing firms will exit the market and average profits by market firms will be
zero in the long run.
New firms will enter the market and average profits by market firms will be zero
in the long run.
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Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1QQCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2QQCh. 4.3 - Prob. 3QQCh. 4.4 - Prob. 4QQCh. 4 - Prob. 1QRCh. 4 - Prob. 2QRCh. 4 - Prob. 3QRCh. 4 - Prob. 4QRCh. 4 - Prob. 5QRCh. 4 - Prob. 6QR
Ch. 4 - Prob. 7QRCh. 4 - Prob. 8QRCh. 4 - Prob. 9QRCh. 4 - Prob. 1QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 2QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 3QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 4QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 5QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 6QCMCCh. 4 - Prob. 1PACh. 4 - Prob. 2PACh. 4 - Consider the market for minivans. For each of the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4PACh. 4 - Prob. 5PACh. 4 - Prob. 6PACh. 4 - Prob. 7PACh. 4 - Prob. 8PACh. 4 - Prob. 9PACh. 4 - Prob. 10PACh. 4 - Prob. 11PA
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