WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution - ANSWERS✔-the rate at which labor
substitutes for capital without affecting output; Q is constant
\.in a perfect competition - ANSWERS✔-a firm faces perfectly elastic demand ->
\.profit-maximizing Q* is where - ANSWERS✔-MR=MC, where MR= dTR/DQ
\.under perfect competition, - ANSWERS✔-marginal revenue equals profit, so
profit maximization occurs when P = MC
\.Under the short run firm - ANSWERS✔-cannot avoid its fixed costs
*****it ignores FC when deciding whether to shut down because it does not
account for variable cost.
\.in the short-run a firm should remain open if - ANSWERS✔-TR> VC or
equivalently P>MC