(Figure: Monopolistic Competition) Based on the graph, under monopolistic competition economic profit is represented by rectangle MC Price and Cost (5) h Output ATC OA feab. OB. geoc OC head. OD. There is no positive economic profit under monopolistic competition.

2017 International Practice Exam FRQ Joyce owns a gas station and monopolizes gas sales along a remote stretch of road. In February, Joyce stayed open even though she earned negative economic profits. a. Draw a correctly labeled graph for Joyce's gas station during February and show each of the following. i. The profit-maximizing output and price, labeled QJ and PJ ii. The average total cost curve, labeled ATC iii. Deadweight loss, completely shaded b. What must have been true for Joyce to continue operating during the month of February even though she earned negative economic profit? c. Assume that fixed costs for Joyce's gas station decrease. Would Joyce's profit-maximizing quantity increase, decrease, or stay the same in February? Explain. d. During the month of July, demand increases so that Joyce now earns a positive economic profit. However, she realizes her profits would have been higher if she had reduced the price of gasoline. i. At the quantity sold in July, was marginal…

2) What types of efficiency does the economic outcome under monopolistic competition lead to? Productive but not allocative efficiency Allocative but not productive efficiency Neither allocative, nor productive efficiency Both allocative and productive efficiency οιο οο

Dana is a dot-com entrepreneur who has established a Web site at which people can design and buy awatch. Dana pays $200 a month for a Web server and Internet connection. The watches that customers design are made to order by another firm, and Dana pays this firm $60 a watch. Dana has no other costs. The table shows the demand schedule for Dana's watches. What is Dana's profit-maximizing output, price, and economic profit? Dana's profit-maximizing output is Dana's profit-maximizing price is $ Dana's economic profit is $ a month. watches a month. a watch. Price (dollars per watch) 100 80 60 40 20 0 Quantity (watches per month) 0 20 40 60 80 100

c-State and explain briefly 2 differences between a perfectly competitive market and a monopolistic competitive market.

Question 21 A firm is a price taker only when the market is perfectly competitive. only when the market is perfectly competitive or monopolistic. Oonly when the market is perfectly competitive or monopolistically competitive. when the market is perfectly competitive, monopolistically competitive, or monopolistic. Question 22

6. A-One bakery in Brampton sells 350 fruit cakes slices each month for $3.25 each. They are looking for help to come up with a strategy to increase revenue. A student from our school who works their part time conducts a survey. The results of the survey indicate that sales of the fruit cake slices would increase by 80 per month for each $0.10 decrease in price. c. Determine the marginal revenue from the sales of 200 slices of fruit cake. d. The cost of producing x fruit cake slices is C(x) = -0.0005x² + 1.5x + 300. Determine the marginal cost of producing 200 fruit cake slices.

Marginal revenue and marginal cost intersect at point Multiple Choice C. d. a. b.

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PTICE and COST $40 30 23 20 10 MC ATC ATC MR AR=D 150 200 Quantity per day 0:13 Question 11 (10 points) (Exhibit: Profit Maximization for a Firm in Monopolistic Competition) Suppose that an innovation reduces a firm's fixed costs and reduces cost from ATC to ATC' Before the innovation reduced the cost, the firm's maximum economic profit was: $0. $30. $750. $4,500.