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(14 points). You run a company called Dawg Tags, which prints dog tags and resides in a perfectly competitive industry. The industry demand for dog

  1. (14 points). You run a company called Dawg Tags, which prints dog tags and resides in a perfectly competitive industry. The industry demand for dog tags is characterized by P=42-(Qd/10). Table 1 below contains the relationship between firm level quantity and total variable costs (TVC).

Table 1: Firm level quantity and costs

Dawg Tags

Quantity

TVC ($)

MC

TFC

TC

ATC

AVC

AFC

1

5

2

13

3

25

4

43

5

79

  1. i. Find the missing MC, TFC, TC, ATC, AVC and AFC in Table 1 above. Assume each company must incur a fixed cost of $6 for use of machinery. (2 points)

ii. Use excel to plot one graph that includes MC, ATC, AVC and AFC curve. (3 points)

  1. Consider a short-run scenario: While the industry supply curve includes 100 firms with identical cost structures. The market price for dog tags is currently $12.
    1. What is the short-run profit maximizing quantity for Dawg Tags? (1 points)
    2. What is the short-run market equilibrium quantity? (1 points)
    3. What are the short-run profits for Dawg Tags associated with the profit maximizing quantity? (1 points)
    4. Fill in the missing values below associated with the industry supply curve. (Hint: 100 identical firms are in this industry) (2 points)
Dog Tag Industry supply schedule
Quantity Supplied Market Price
- $5
200 -
300 $12
400 -
- 36

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