Question 2/2 100% + 3. You are hired as a consultant to a monopolistically competitive firm. The firm reports the following information about its price, marginal cost, and average total cost. Can the firm possibly be maximizing profit? If not, what should it do to increase profit? If the firm is maximizing profit, is the market in a long-run equilibrium? If not, what will happen to restore long-run equilibrium? a. P< MC, P > ATC b. P> MC, P < ATC c. P= MC, P > ATC d. P> MC, P = ATC I.

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Transcribed Image Text: 2/2 100% + 3. You are hired as a consultant to a monopolistically competitive firm. The firm reports the following information about its price, marginal cost, and average total cost. Can the firm possibly be maximizing profit? If not, what should it do to increase profit? If the firm is maximizing profit, is the market in a long-run equilibrium? If not, what will happen to restore long-run equilibrium? a. P< MC, P > ATC b. P> MC, P < ATC c. P= MC, P > ATC d. P> MC, P = ATC I.
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Transcribed Image Text: 2/2 100% + 3. You are hired as a consultant to a monopolistically competitive firm. The firm reports the following information about its price, marginal cost, and average total cost. Can the firm possibly be maximizing profit? If not, what should it do to increase profit? If the firm is maximizing profit, is the market in a long-run equilibrium? If not, what will happen to restore long-run equilibrium? a. P< MC, P > ATC b. P> MC, P < ATC c. P= MC, P > ATC d. P> MC, P = ATC I.
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Step 1For each of the four given scenarios, these questions are required to be answered:Can the firm possibly be maximizing profit? If not, what should it do to increase profit?Is the firm in long run equilibrium? If not, what will happen to restore long-run equilibrium?Scenario a: P < MC,P > ATCPrice is below marginal cost, and since marginal revenue must be below price, we know that marginal revenue must also be below marginal cost. Since the marginal revenue and marginal cost are not equal, the firm is not profit maximizing. Since the cost incurred in producing the last unit (i.e., marginal cost) was greater than the revenue gained from the increasing the sale by that unit (i.e. marginal revenue), the firm should decrease output to increase profit.The firm cannot be in the long run equilibrium, since the price does not equal average total cost.Step 2Scenario b:P > MC,P > ATCPrice is above marginal cost, and since marginal revenue must be below price, we do not know whether the marginal revenue is below or above marginal ... See the full answer