The firm's economic profit (or loss) at this output level = . Write either profit number or loss number: e.g. profit 2000.

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Suppose that a perfectly competitive firm faces a market price of $7 per unit. The output level corresponding to a marginal cost of $7 per unit is 1,000 units. At 1,000 units, its average variable costs equal $8 per unit, and its average fixed costs equal $1 per unit.

The firm's profit-maximizing (or loss-minimizing) output level = . Write number only.

 

The firm's economic profit (or loss) at this output level = . Write either profit number or loss number:

e.g. profit 2000.

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