For this weeks homework, choose any three of the chapter 20 questions to complete. In a Word or Google Doc (make sure if you use Google Docs you share the document) document, provide your answers to the six questions. Be sure to identify which question number in the chapter you are answering. QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION 1. What happens to the difference between ATC and AVC as a firm's output expands? Explain. 2. How would you distinguish between the short run and the long run? 3. What are economies of scale? Please give an example. What are diseconomies of scale? Please give an example. 4. Your rich uncle died and left you $100,000, which you decided to use for your own Internet business. What business will you go into, and what will be your fixed and variable costs? Show how your business can take advantage of economies of scale. 5. Can a firm losing money go out of business in the short run? If it can't, explain why not. 6. Why are there no fixed costs in the long run? 7. Why is a business firm never in the long run? 8. On what basis does a firm decide whether or not to shut down? On what basis does it decide whether or not to go out of business? 9. What are the fixed and variable costs for a car wash? Is it likely to experience economies of scale? 10. Practical Application: Should you fix your old car-or buy a new one? Answer in terms of fixed and variable costs. 11. Practical Application: You have decided to open some movie theaters. Should you open six 200-seat theaters at six different locations, or open the six 200-seat theaters in one large building? Explain your answer in terms of economies of scale and diseconomies of scale. 12. Web Activity: How much are the fixed and variable costs of renting a compact car for a week at Boston's Logan Airport? Go to www.budge t.com or www.avis.com