Question

Kate's 24-Hour Breakfast Diner menu offers one item, a $5.00 breakfast special. Kate's costs for servers, cooks, electricity, food, etc. average out to $3.95 per meal. Her costs for rent, insurance cleaning supplies and business license average out to $1.25 per meal. Since the market is highly competitive, Kate should:
a. keep the business open in the short-run, and plan to expand the business in the long-run
b. raise her prices above the perfectly competitive level set by the market
c. keep the business open in the short-run, but plan to go out of business in the long-run
d. lay-off her staff break her lease, and close the business down immediately

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option c.

Explanation:

The price of Kate's breakfast special is $5.

The average variable cost is $3.95.

The average fixed cost is $1.25.

The average total cost

= $3.95 + $1.25

= $5.20

The price is not covering the average total cost but it is covering the average variable cost. The firm can continue operating in the short run but stop production in the long run.