Answer:
<em>When firms exit a market, the short-run market supply curve shifts left, causing individual firms’ profits to increase.</em>
Explanation:
The process of <em>free entry and exit of firms</em> is in a sequence as explained under-
- If there is higher demand in the market of the product as compared to its supply, then each firm in the market will receive higher price for its product.
- This will increase the prices of the product, enabling higher profits for each firm. This will make the industry attractive, enabling the introduction of newer firms in the market.
- When the new firms enter the industry, the prices of the product in the market will drop due to higher competition, now present currently. This will lead to lowering of profits for the firms in the industry.
- This will make the industry non-attractive and thereby the less competitive and less effective firms will exit the market in the short run.
- This exit of firms from the industry, will lead to higher prices again due to less supply of product in the market as compared to its demand. Hence, the profits of the firms present in the industry will increase.
Thus, it can be concluded that <em>when firms exit a market, the short-run market supply curve shifts left, causing individual firms’ profits to increase.</em>
Answer:
D. is not sending a strong message to investors and creditors that it has the ability to repay its short-term debt
Explanation:
The cash ratio helps measure the liquidity of the company as it shows if it can cover its short-term debt with the cash aand cash equivalents it has. When the ratio is less than 1, as in this case, it means that the company doesn't have enough cash to cover the short-term debt.
Answer:
B. the highest valued alternative that must be given up to engage in an activity.
Explanation:
Opportunity Cost is the cost of next best alternative foregone while choosing an alternative.
Eg1: If I like Chapati more than rice & rice more than curd, the opportunity cost of consuming chapati is the next best option i.e rice.
Eg2 : Working as school teacher with salary 20000, next best option salary as coaching tutor i.e 10000 is the Opportunity Cost
A is inapt : Opportunity cost can be monetary or non monetary. Eg2 has monetary opportunity cost. But, Eg 1 has opportunity cost in terms of rice' (sacrifised) satisfaction.
C is inapt : Opportunity cost is only the cost of next best alternative & not all alternatives. Eg1 - Curd i.e 3rd best option after chapati, is not the opportunity cost after chapati.
