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-The Figure Above Shows a Typical Perfectly Competitive Corn Farm

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  -The figure above shows a typical perfectly competitive corn farm, whose marginal cost curve is MC and average total cost curve is ATC. The market is initially in a long-run equilibrium, where the price is $3.00 per bushel. Then, the market demand for corn decreases and, in the short run, the price falls to $2.50 per bushel. In the new short-run equilibrium, the farm A)  incurs an economic loss of between $1 and $40,000. B)  makes zero economic profit. C)  incurs an economic loss of between $40,001 and $130,000. D)  incurs an economic loss of more than $130,001.
-The figure above shows a typical perfectly competitive corn farm, whose marginal cost curve is MC and average total cost curve is ATC. The market is initially in a long-run equilibrium, where the price is $3.00 per bushel. Then, the market demand for corn decreases and, in the short run, the price falls to $2.50 per bushel. In the new short-run equilibrium, the farm


A) incurs an economic loss of between $1 and $40,000.
B) makes zero economic profit.
C) incurs an economic loss of between $40,001 and $130,000.
D) incurs an economic loss of more than $130,001.

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