a. At a product price of $56.00 (i) Will this firm produce in the short run?  Yes   (ii) If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? Profit- maximizing output = 8 units per firm (iii) What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output?               Profit per unit = $ 62.96 b. At a product price of $41.00 (i) Will this firm produce in the short run?  Yes          (ii) If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? Profit-maximizing output =  6 units per firm (iii) What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output? Loss        per unit = $ 39

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a. At a product price of $56.00

(i) Will this firm produce in the short run?  Yes  

(ii) If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? Profit- maximizing output = 8 units per firm

(iii) What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output?               Profit per unit = $ 62.96

b. At a product price of $41.00

(i) Will this firm produce in the short run?  Yes         

(ii) If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? Profit-maximizing output =  6 units per firm

(iii) What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output? Loss        per unit = $ 39

c. At a product price of $32.00

(i) Will this firm produce in the short run? No          

(ii) If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? Non applicable 

output = 0 units per firm

iii) What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output?  Total loss   per unit = $ 0

Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (−) in front of those numbers.

d. In the table below, complete the short-run supply schedule for the firm (columns 1 and 2) and indicate the profit or loss incurred at each output (column 3).

 
 
(1) Price (2) Quantity Supplied, Single Firm (3) Profit (+) or Loss (−) (4) Quantity Supplied, 1,500 Firms
$26.00 0.00 -60.00 0.00
32.00 0.00 -60.00 0.00
38.00 0.00 -60.00 0.00
41.00 5.00 -55.00 75,000.00
46.00 6.00   9,000.00
56.00 7.00   10,500.00
66.00 8.00   12,000.00
 
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