The Table Below Shows the Demand and Cost Data Facing

question 256

Essay

The table below shows the demand and cost data facing "Velvet Touches," a monopolistically competitive producer of velvet throw pillows.

Use the data to answer the following questions.
a.Complete the Total Revenue (TR), Marginal Revenue (MR), and Marginal Cost (MC)columns above.
b.What are the profit-maximizing price and quantity for Velvet Touches?
c.Is the firm making a profit or a loss? How much is the profit or loss? Show your work.
d.Is this firm operating in the long run or in the short run? Explain your answer.
e.If the firm's profit or loss is typical of all firms in the market for throw pillows, what is likely to happen in the future? Will there be more firms or will some existing firms leave the industry? Explain your answer.
f.What will happen to the typical firm's profit or loss after all entry/exit adjustments?

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Definitions:

Wilhelm Wundt

A German psychologist who is considered the father of experimental psychology.

Sensations

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

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An early school of psychology that sought to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing the basic components of thoughts and sensations.

Perception

The cognitive process that enables us to interpret and understand our surroundings through the integration of sensory information.