The global propylene industry is perfectly competitive and each producer has the marginal cost function MC=40-12q+q2. The corresponding average cost function is AC=40-6q+ 1/3q2 . The market demand curve for propylene is Q=2200-100P
1. What is the long-run equilibrium price in this industry?
2. At this price, how much would an individual firm produce? Explain
3. How many active producers are in the propylene market in a long-run competitve equilibrium? Explain
4. How much profit an individual producer is making? Explain