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In a perfectly competitive market, a profit-maximizing firm produces 2000 pounds of butter per week in the long run equilibrium. Answer each of the following questions with two diagrams, one for the butter market and another for the individual butter firm. If the market demand for butter increases …
a) How does it affect the butter market and the individual butter firm in the short run?
b) In the long run, how does the butter market adjust, and what will be the impacts on the individual butter firm?