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Consider a perfectly competitive industry in which each firm has a cost curve given by C = 400 + 100q + q2. (You may assume this is both the short-run and the long-run cost curve.) Currently there are 60 firms, and the market demand is given by Q = 6000 – 30p.
a. Calculate the short-run total market equilibrium quantity (Q): _____
b. Calculate the long-run market equilibrium price: _____
c. Calculate the number of firms in long-run equilibrium: _____
since the number of firms in the market is 60 thus, the total
market equilibrium quantity in the short run is (60*q) = 60x25 =
1500 units.
Hence, the required short-run total market equilibrium quantity (Q)
is 1500 units