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A perfectly competitive firm in a constant-cost industry produces 1,000 units of a good at a total cost of $50,000.If the prevailing market price is $48, the number of firms and the industry's output will decrease in the long run.
Economic Profits
The difference between the revenue received from the sale of an output and the opportunity cost of the inputs used.
Fixed Costs
Costs that do not change with the level of output produced by a firm, such as rent and salaries.
Variable Costs
Expenses that change in proportion to the production output or sales volume of a company.
AVC
Average Variable Cost, calculated by dividing the total variable costs by the quantity of output produced.
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