Chapter 8, Market Equilibrium and Product Price: Perfect Competition Video Solutions, Introduction to agricultural economics

Problem 1

Given the following graph, please label the curves where asked and answer the questions appearing below the graph.
a. What is the profit-maximizing level of output?
b. What is the significance of 8.5 units of output?
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Problem 2

Describe what has happened to demand, supply, and market equilibrium in each panel.
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Problem 3

Given the following price and quantity-supplied data, graph this firm's supply curve on the axis provided. Also, for each price and quantity-supplied combination, calculate the amount of producer surplus.
$$
\begin{array}{cc}
\text { Price } & \text { Quantity Supplied } \\
\hline 0 & 0 \\
1 & 1 \\
2 & 2 \\
3 & 3 \\
4 & 4 \\
5 & 5 \\
6 & 6 \\
7 & 7 \\
8 & 8 \\
9 & 9 \\
10 & 10
\end{array}
$$
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Problem 4

Assume that the following graph depicts a shift of the worldwide demand curve for beef. Starting in 2004, demonstrate a cobweb adjustment to the market equilibrium in 2005 on the following graph. Assume that the market was in equilibrium in 2004 and will eventually converge to the equilibrium depicted by the 2005 demand curve. Assume producers respond to last year's price (the expected price is last year's observed price).
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Problem 5

Given the following graph, fill in the following blanks: Figure can't copy.
a. The level of consumer surplus under perfect competition is equal to areas ________________.
b. The level of producer surplus under a monopoly is equal to areas ________________.
c. The economic loss to society associated with a monopoly is equal to areas ________________.
d. The difference in producer surplus between perfect comperition and a monopoly is equal to areas ________________.

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Problem 6

Assume the graph below depicts the shift in the worldwide demand for chicken. As an economist, you are asked to explain this change in demand to Tysons Foods.
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a. Based on the cobweb theory, on what price did chicken processors base their production decision in 2013?
b. What price were consumers willing to pay for the quancity produced by chicken processors?
c. What factors will determine the equilibrium price for chicken over time?
d. Given your answer to part c, what factors could change this equilibrium price?

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Problem 7

In a perfectly competitive industry, the profitmaximizing level of output is that output level where the product's price is equal to

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Problem 8

In the long run, the economic profit for a perfectly competitive firm will be

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Problem 9

An outward shift in the demand curve for a perfectly competitive market will result in an increase in supply. $\mathrm{T} \quad \mathrm{F}$

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Problem 10

A perfectly competitive firm will cease production in the short run if marginal revenue falls below total average cost. $\mathrm{T} \quad \mathrm{F}$

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Problem 11

Assume the marker demand and supply curves for a product in a perfectly competitive market are $P=100-0.50\left(Q_{\mathrm{D}}\right) \quad$ demand curve $P=2+4.0\left(Q_{\mathrm{S}}\right)$ supply curve
If this market converges to equilibrium, the equilibrium price and quantity would be
a. $P=108.89$ and $Q=45.56$
b. $P=45.56$ and $Q=108.89$
c. $P=110$ and $Q=43$
d. $P=43$ and $Q=110$

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Problem 12

Which of the following markets is likely to most nearly reflect a perfectly competitive market?
a. The farm implement market
b. The wheat market
c. The automobile market
d. The apparel market

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Problem 13

Assume that a firm is operating in a perfectly competitive market at its break-even level of output. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Marginal cost and average revenue are equal.
b. Marginal cost and marginal revenue are equal.
c. Marginal cost and average variable cost are equal.
d. Marginal cost and average total cost are equal.

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Problem 14

The demand curve for a firm operating under conditions of perfect competition is
a. elastic but not perfectly elastic.
b. perfectly elastic.
c. inelastic but not perfectly inelastic.
d. perfectly inelastic.

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