The snow removal business in East Icicle, Minnesota is a competitive industry. All snowplow operators have...

The snow removal business in East Icicle, Minnesota is a competitive industry. All snowplow operators have the cost function C = Q² + 25; where Q is the number of driveways cleared. Demand for snow removal in the town is given by Q_d = 120 - P. The long run equilibrium number of rms in this industry is
(a) 120
(b) 29
(c) 56
(d) 58
(e) 59

(Please show work or explain. I already have the answer. just need to know how to solve it)

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In $\mathrm{LR}, \mathrm{P}=\min \mathrm{AC}=4\left(\mathrm{Q}_{\mathrm{i}}=2\right) .$ Then Qtotal $=120-4=116$ and $\mathrm{n}=58$

Rahul Sunny answered 1 year ago

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