Based on the following table Output Price Total Costs 0 10 1
Based on the following table:
Output Price($) Total Costs($)
0 10 17
1 10 25
2 10 31
3 10 35
4 10 40
5 10 50
6 10 65
7 10 95
8 10 135
9 10 195
10 10 275
What will happen in the long run?
A. The firm is earning losses so the market price will rise in the long run because firms will exit the market, shifting the market supply to the left, which causes market price to rise.
B. The firm is earning a profit so the market price will fall in the long run because firms will enter the market, shifting the market supply to the right, which causes market price to fall.
C. The firm is earning a profit so the market price will rise in the long run because firms will exit the market, shifting the market supply to the left, which causes market price to rise.
D. The firm is earning losses so the market price will fall in the long run because firms will enter the market, shifting the market supply to the right, which causes market price to fall.
| A. The firm is earning losses so the market price will rise in the long run because firms will exit the market, shifting the market supply to the left, which causes market price to rise. | |
| B. The firm is earning a profit so the market price will fall in the long run because firms will enter the market, shifting the market supply to the right, which causes market price to fall. | |
| C. The firm is earning a profit so the market price will rise in the long run because firms will exit the market, shifting the market supply to the left, which causes market price to rise. | |
| D. The firm is earning losses so the market price will fall in the long run because firms will enter the market, shifting the market supply to the right, which causes market price to fall. |
Solution
Option A is correct, firms are incurring losses, so in long run prices will increase.
see table for clarification
| Output | Prices | Total Cost | Total Revenue | Profit |
| 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | -17 |
| 1 | 10 | 25 | 10 | -15 |
| 2 | 10 | 31 | 20 | -11 |
| 3 | 10 | 35 | 30 | -5 |
| 4 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | 65 | 60 | -5 |
| 7 | 10 | 95 | 70 | -25 |
| 8 | 10 | 135 | 80 | -55 |
| 9 | 10 | 195 | 90 | -105 |
| 10 | 10 | 275 | 100 | -175 |
