The graph below shows a particular firms marginal revenue (mr) marginal cost (mc) and average total cost (atc) curves, where the market is competitive. Suppose that a new management team is brought in and that this team is initially less concerned about maximizing profits than it is simply about making a profit. What range of production quantities will allow the firm to operate while earning a profit? Give you're answer by dragging the qmin to Qmax lines into their correct positions. The output will need to lie somewhere between those limits.

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The graph below shows a particular firms marginal revenue (mr) marginal cost (mc) and average total cost (atc) curves, where the market is competitive. Suppose that a new management team is brought in and that this team is initially less concerned about maximizing profits than it is simply about making a profit. What range of production quantities will allow the firm to operate while earning a profit? Give you're answer by dragging the qmin to Qmax lines into their correct positions. The output will need to lie somewhere between those limits.
Price and cost
Qmin
MC
Qmax
ATC
MR
Quantity
Transcribed Image Text:Price and cost Qmin MC Qmax ATC MR Quantity
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A competitive market is an expression in economics that implies a marketplace where there are a large number of purchasers and sellers and no single purchaser or seller can affect the market. Competitive markets have no restrictions to entry, lots of purchasers and sellers and homogeneous goods. 

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