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Consider a competitive industry with a large number of toy-producing firms. Describe how that industry adjusts to a decline in the demand for toys. Explain your answer graphically, showing both the typical toy firm's marginal cost and average total cost curves, as well as the market supply and demand curves. Distinguish between the short run and the long run.


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