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Imagine that you are a price-taking firm with the following total cost schedule

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Imagine that you are a price-taking firm with the following total cost schedule.

Quantity:           1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Total Cost:        12, 20, 24, 28, 34, 42, 52, 64, 78

 

Assume that if this firm produces zero they have a total cost of zero. There is no fixed cost. Fill in the following supply schedule. 

Price              Quantity Supplied

4                ?

6         ?       

8      ?          

10     ?        

12        ?     

14   ?

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In perfectly competitive market, the demand curve is a horizontal straight line equal to price.

When P<AVC then the firm will not supply anything in short run.

When P<AVC then QS = 0

When P>AVC the the firm will supply in short run.

So, when the price is 8 then QS = 6 units