Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 68

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.
Figure 14.2.3
-Refer to Figure 14.2.3.Assume this firm faces demand curve D₁.At the profit-maximizing output level,the firm

• A)incurs an economic loss.
• B)makes zero economic profit.
• C)makes an economic profit.
• D)makes less economic profit than that earned by firms in perfect competition.
• E)makes an unknown economic profit that is impossible to determine without information concerning the price charged by the rival firms.

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Definitions:

Market Size

The total volume or value of all sales within a given market over a specific period of time.

Consumer Surplus

The gap between the total price consumers are willing to pay for a good or service and the price they actually pay.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing and able to supply a good for and the actual amount they receive (market price).

Consumer Surplus

Consumer surplus is the difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service and the total amount that they actually do pay.