Using Two Graphs, Illustrate How a Positive Technological Change in the Market

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Essay

Using two graphs, illustrate how a positive technological change in the market for notebook computers could eliminate short-run economic profit for a firm in that market.On the first graph, use a supply and demand graph to illustrate the positive technological change.On the second graph, use demand, ATC, MC, and MR curves to illustrate the elimination of economic profit resulting from the positive technological change.Explain what is taking place in each graph.

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Definitions:

Net Operating Income

The income generated from normal business operations after deducting operating expenses such as wages and cost of goods sold, excluding income from investments and other non-operational sources.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only considers variable costs (costs that change with production levels) in product costing and decision-making.

Absorption Costing

A bookkeeping approach that encompasses the total expenses of production, including direct materials, direct labor, along with both variable and fixed overhead costs, into the pricing of a product.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost (both fixed and variable) to produce a unit of product, used for setting prices and analyzing efficiency.