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A firm's long run total cost curve is given by TC(Q) = 1000Q - 30Q^2 + Q^3. Derive the expression for the long run average cost curve and sketch it. At what quantity is the minimum efficient scale?

To get a firm's long run average cost, you need to divide the total cost by quantity. As such, (1000Q - 30Q2 + Q3)/Q = 1000 - 30Q + Q2. From this we can see that the long ...

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Why is a firm's average revenue equal to their marginal revenue in perfect competition?

Some important conditions of perfect competition are that all firms sell an identical (homogeneous) product, there is a large number of buyers and sellers, and no one buyer or seller can influence the rul...

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Explain why the price of average tickets has risen by £10 in the last month. Use a supply and demand diagram. (5 marks)

This is an example of a 5 marker in the second part of new spec edexcel paper 1

1 mark for defining supply and demand

1 mark for applying it to context (text provided in the exam) 

3 ...

Answered by Jeppe S. Economics tutor
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What are the causes of unemployment?

Unemployment is defined as the people who are able, available and willing to work at the going wage rate but who cannot find work despite an active search for work. Fictional unemployment is one cause of ...

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Explain what the CPI is and how it’s used to measure inflation.

Inflation is a continuous or persistent rise in the price level, or can be seen a fall in the value of money (if bread goes from costing £1 a loaf to £1.10, it means £1 becomes less valuable with the incr...

Answered by Charis L. Economics tutor
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