EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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Author: Snyder
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Chapter 9, Problem 7RQ
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To evaluate: The reason for the harm done to diamond cutters and not the owners of the firm due to a decrease in the purchase of diamonds engagement rings.
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Consider the competitive market for steel. Assume that, regardless of how many firms are in the industry, every firm in the industry is identical and
faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph.
COSTS (Dollars per ton)
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The following graph shows the market demand for steel.
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Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the initial short-run industry supply curve when there are 20 firms in the market. (Hint: You can
disregard the portion of the supply curve that corresponds to prices where there is no output since this is the industry supply curve.) Next, use the
purple points (diamond symbol) to plot the short-run industry supply curve when there are 30 firms. Finally, use the green points (triangle symbol) to
plot the short-run industry supply curve when there are 40 firms.
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Chapter 9 Solutions
EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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