(Figure: Price and Quantity of Output and Table I) For simplicity, assume that there are only three firms in a perfectly competitive industry; their short-run supply curves are depicted in the graph. At a market price of $40, the industry output is ____. A. 4 B. 1 C. 15 D. 9.5

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(Figure: Price and Quantity of Output and Table I) For simplicity, assume that there are only three firms in a perfectly competitive industry; their short-run supply curves are depicted in the graph. At a market price of $40, the industry output is ____.

A. 4

B. 1

C. 15

D. 9.5

 

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Transcribed Image Text:Price ($) 120 110 S (Firm A) S (Firm B) S (Firm C) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Quantity of output Market Firm A's Firm B's Firm C's Industry Price ($) Output Output Output Output 20 40 70 100
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