When a firm does more of something, it gets better at it. This learning-by-doing is:

Answer the next question(s) on the basis of the following output data for a firm. Assume that the amounts of all non-labor resources are fixed.

Refer to the above data. Diminishing marginal returns become evident with the addition of the:

The short run is characterized by:

Refer to the above diagram. At output level Q total cost is:

Refer to the above diagram. The vertical distance between ATC and AVC reflects:

If a firm decides to produce no output in the short run, its costs will be:

DASH Airlines is considering the addition of a flight from Red Cloud to David City. The total cost of the flight would be $1,100, of which $800 are fixed costs already incurred. Expected revenues from the flight are $600. DASH should:

A purely competitive firm should produce in the short run if its total revenue is sufficient to cover its:

In answering the next question(s), assume a graph in which dollars are measured on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis.

Refer to the above information. For a purely competitive firm:

In answering the next question(s), assume a graph in which dollars are measured on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis.

Refer to the above information. For a purely competitive firm, total revenue:

Marginal revenue for a purely competitive firm:

A purely competitive firm’s short-run supply curve is:

In answering the next question(s), assume a graph in which dollars are measured on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis.

Refer to the above information. For a purely competitive firm, marginal revenue:

A firm reaches a break-even point (normal profit position) where:

If a profit-seeking competitive firm is producing its profit-maximizing output and its total fixed costs fall by 25 percent, the firm should:

Refer to the above diagram for a purely competitive producer. The firm’s short-run supply curve is:

Refer to the above diagram. For any level of output, total fixed cost:

If a profit-seeking competitive firm is producing its profit-maximizing output and its total fixed costs fall by 25 percent, the firm should:

The demand schedule or curve confronted by the individual purely competitive firm is:

A firm finds that at its MR = MC output, its TC = $1,000, TVC = $800, TFC = $200, and total revenue is $900. This firm should:

Refer to the above diagram. To maximize profit or minimize losses this firm will produce:

Which of the following is characteristic of a purely competitive seller’s demand curve?

Firms seek to maximize:

Assume a purely competitive increasing-cost industry is initially in long-run equilibrium and that an increase in consumer demand occurs. After all economic adjustments have been completed product price will be:

A firm is producing an output such that the benefit from one more unit is more than the cost of producing that additional unit. This means the firm is:

Resources are efficiently allocated when production occurs where:

Suppose an increase in product demand occurs in a decreasing-cost industry. As a result:

Refer to the above diagrams, which pertain to a purely competitive firm producing output q and the industry in which it operates. Which of the following is correct?

An increasing-cost industry is associated with:

If a purely competitive firm is producing at the MR = MC output level and earning an economic profit, then:

When a purely competitive firm is in long-run equilibrium:

Long-run competitive equilibrium:

A constant-cost industry is one in which:

Which of the following is true concerning purely competitive industries?

A constant-cost industry is one in which:

Refer to the above diagrams, which pertain to a purely competitive firm producing output q and the industry in which it operates. In the long run we should expect:

A purely competitive firm is precluded from making economic profit in the long run because:

Suppose losses cause industry X to contract and, as a result, the prices of relevant inputs decline. Industry X is:

Assume a purely competitive, increasing-cost industry is in long-run equilibrium. If a decline in demand occurs, firms will:

When a purely competitive firm is in long-run equilibrium:

Assume a purely competitive increasing-cost industry is initially in long-run equilibrium and that an increase in consumer demand occurs. After all economic adjustments have been completed product price will be:

Answer the next question(s) on the basis of the following information:

Refer to the above information. Total cost is:

Other things equal, if the fixed costs of a firm were to increase by $100,000 per year, which of the following would happen?

The above diagram suggests that:

Fixed cost is:

Refer to the above diagram. At output level Q average fixed cost:

The above diagram shows the short-run average total cost curves for five different plant sizes of a firm. In the long run the firm should produce output 0x with a plant of size:

Answer the next question(s) on the basis of the following output data for a firm. Assume that the amounts of all non-labor resources are fixed.

Refer to the above data. Diminishing marginal returns become evident with the addition of the:

Assume that in the short run a firm is producing 100 units of output, has average total costs of $200, and average variable costs of $150. The firm’s total fixed costs are:

Total fixed cost (TFC):