What will happen to the price of the product in the long-run? Explain how the industry will transition from SR to LR. Comment on the following items: number of firms, supply, price, and profit.

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What are the characteristics of a PC firm? Using Hot Dogs, Graph the market and the individual supply, demand and costs for Hot dogs side by side. Make sure to include the S.R. and L.R Price, Quantity, Demand, MR, MC, ATC, and profit.

Problems: Question #6: The Phantom Farms bakery produces pumpkin pies according to the following short run cost schedules. Assume the pumpkin pie industry is perfectly competitive and that the bakery can only produce and sell whole pies. AVC = ATC = MC = Quantity (pies) TFC = total TVC = total TC = total fixed cost variable cost average average total marginal cost variable cost cost cost (i) same as (i) 1 14 18 14.0 18 14 2 same as (i) (ii) 28 12.0 14 10 3 same as (i) 38 42 12.7 (v) 14 4 same as (i) 60 (iii) 15.0 16 22 same as (i) 86 90 17.2 18 (vi) same as (i) 116 120 (iv) 20 30 Fill in the five missing cost numbers indicated in the table above. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) If the price of pumpkin pies is $22 per pie, how many pies should Phantom Farms produce in the short run? What profit or loss does the firm earn? Explain how you arrived at this answer. Illustrate Phantom Farms' choice with a graph and indicate profits or losses. 3

A firm in a purely competitive industry has a typical cost structure. The normal rate of profit in the economy is 8 percent. This firm is earning $15 on every $150 invested by its founders. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. a. What is its percentage rate of return? percent b. Is the firm earning an economic profit? (Click to select) V If so, how large? percent c. Will this industry see entry or exit? (Click to select) V d. What will be the rate of return earned by firms in this industry once the industry reaches long-run equilibrium? percent

You are the manager of a taco truck that is in a perfectly competitive industry comprised if identical firms. The cost of taco ingredients increases form $15 to $20 per hundred pounds. a. In the short run, how do you respond to the increases in the price of ingredients? b. Describe the long-run adjustments that take place in the market place. c. What long-run decisions will you make as the manager of your firm?

Consider a kettle firm A in a perfectly competitive market. Table 1 shows the quantity produced per hour (Q) and the total cost (TC) in the short run. Quantity 0 12345C70 2 6 8 Total cost 17 30 40 55 75 100 130 165 210 Fixed cost 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17