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Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where MR = MC)

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Suppose that a monopolistically competitive restaurant is currently serving 260 meals per day (the output where MR = MC). At that output level, ATC per meal is $10 and consumers are willing to pay $13 per meal. Enter your answers as whole numbers.

a. What is the size of this firm's profit or loss? $

b. Will there be entry or exit?. Will this restaurant's demand curve shift left or right?

c. Assume that the allocatively efficient output level in long-run equilibrium is 210 meals. In long-run equilibrium, suppose that this restaurant charges $11 per meal for 180 meals and that the marginal cost of the 180th meal is $9. What is the size of the firm's profit? $

d. Suppose that the allocatively efficient output level in long-run equilibrium is 210 meals. In long-run equilibrium, suppose that this restaurant charges $11 per meal for 180 meals and that the marginal cost of the 180th meal is $9. Is the deadweight loss for this firm greater than or less than $60?