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Scenario: The figure below shows the supply and the demand for a good (left) and the cost curves of an individual firm in this market (right) . Initially, all firms in this market have identical cost curves MC₁ and ATC₁, and the market is in equilibrium at point A. Subsequently, a new production technology has been developed for this product. Some of the existing firms as well as some new firms have adopted the new technology, and their cost curves are MC₂ and ATC₂.
Scenario: The figure below shows the supply and the demand for a good (left)  and the cost curves of an individual firm in this market (right) . Initially, all firms in this market have identical cost curves MC₁ and ATC₁, and the market is in equilibrium at point A. Subsequently, a new production technology has been developed for this product. Some of the existing firms as well as some new firms have adopted the new technology, and their cost curves are MC₂ and ATC₂.    -Refer to the figure above.At the long-run equilibrium,________. A)  only the firms with new technology will be in the market B)  only the firms with old technology will be in the market C)  both firms with new and old technology will be in the market D)  firms with old technology will re-enter the market
-Refer to the figure above.At the long-run equilibrium,________.


A) only the firms with new technology will be in the market
B) only the firms with old technology will be in the market
C) both firms with new and old technology will be in the market
D) firms with old technology will re-enter the market

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