Scenario 9-1 Assume a Certain Competitive Price-Taker Firm Is Producing

question 213

Multiple Choice

Scenario 9-1 Assume a certain competitive price-taker firm is producing Q = 1,000 units of output. At Q = 1,000, the firm's marginal cost equals $15 and its average total cost equals $11. The firm sells its output for $12 per unit.
Refer to Scenario 9-1. At Q = 999, the firm's profit amounts to

• A) $993.
• B) $997.
• C) $1,003.
• D) $1,007.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

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Independent Variable

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Control Variable

A variable that is kept constant during a research experiment to ensure that the effect of the independent variable can be measured without interference.

Demand Characteristics

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