Suppose that the market for fitness watches is a perfectly competitive market. The following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market.
Profit or Loss
PRICE (Dollars per watch)
MC
AVC
ATC
QUANTITY (Thousands of watches)
In the short run, at a market price of $80 per watch, this firm will choose to produce watches per day.
On the previous graph, use the blue rectangle (circle symbols) to shade the area representing the firm's profit or loss if the market price is $80 and the firm chooses to produce the quantity you already selected.
Note: In the following question, you should enter a positive number in the numeric entry field.
The area of this rectangle indicates that the firm's would be $ per day.