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laiz [17]
3 years ago
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The equilibrium price of a guidebook is $25 in the perfectly competitive guidebook industry. Our firm produces 8,000 guidebooks

for an average total cost of $28, marginal cost of $30, and average variable cost of $20. Our firm should:
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1 answer:
Korolek [52]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

<u>Resuming:</u>

The company should keep open.

It should decrease their production to lower their cost

Explanation:

The company should decrease their production, because is working on a sub-optimal capacity.

The current price is 25 and our variable cost are 20

This means the<u> company is covering all the variable cost.</u>

The company<u> is above the shutdown point.</u>

However because the average total cost is 28

It <u>is neither on break-even or profit zone.</u>

The business should reduce the variable cost in the short-term

and focus in reduce the fixed cost in the long-term

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