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Transcribed Image Text:4. Consider the short-run cost and demand data for a monopolistic competitor given in the table below. Compute the
missing data. Output Total cost Marginal cost Quantity demanded Price Marginal revenue 0 $750 $180 1 120 $1165 $
2135
2150
3 165_
3135
4210 41205 270. 5 105 6 3456 90. 74
a) At what output level and at what price will the firm produce in the short run? What will be the total profit? (b) What will
happen to demand, price, and profit in the long run?
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