Table 17-1 Imagine a Small Town in Which Only Two Residents,Abby and Residents,Abby

question 365

Multiple Choice

Table 17-1
Imagine a small town in which only two residents,Abby and Brad,own wells that produce safe drinking water.Each week Abby and Brad work together to decide how many gallons of water to pump.They bring water to town and sell it at whatever price the market will bear.To keep things simple,suppose that Abby and Brad can pump as much water as they want without cost so that the marginal cost is zero.The weekly town demand schedule and total revenue schedule for water is shown in the table below:

-Refer to Table 17-1.If this market for water were perfectly competitive instead of monopolistic,what would be the price for water?

• A) $0
• B) $4
• C) $6
• D) $12

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Definitions:

Cost Curves

Graphical representations showing the relationship between the cost of producing goods or services and the quantity produced.

Optimal Scale

The size of a company or level of production that minimizes costs and maximizes efficiency and profit.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all inputs can be adjusted by firms, market supply meets demand, and no economic profit is earned by firms in a perfectly competitive market.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in an economy or market where all factors of production and economic variables are balanced, and there are no external pressures forcing change.