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Mac and Cheese are the only producers of Mac & Cheese instan…

Mac and Cheese are the only producers of Mac & Cheese instant packages in the market. The table below shows the choices and correspondent outcomes: Image Description The image shows a 2 by 2 payoff matrix comparing two choices for Mac and Cheese: Not Cooperate (NC) and Cooperate (C). The column heading is Cheese, with two column options: Not Cooperate (NC) Cooperate (C) The row heading is Mac, with two row options: Not Cooperate (NC) Cooperate (C) The four payoff outcomes shown in the matrix are: If Mac chooses Not Cooperate and Cheese chooses Not Cooperate: ($100k; $100k) If Mac chooses Not Cooperate and Cheese chooses Cooperate: ($200k; $0) If Mac chooses Cooperate and Cheese chooses Not Cooperate: ($0; $200k) If Mac chooses Cooperate and Cheese chooses Cooperate: ($150k; $150k) The matrix presents the possible outcomes for each combination of choices in a cooperation game.   If Cheese knows for sure that Mac will cooperate, Cheese should [option1]. If Mac knows for sure that Cheese will cooperate, Mac should [option2]. Hence, based on the previous answers, the dominant strategy is [option3].

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  Image Description The image is a cost and output graph with cost or price on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis. Three cost curves are shown: marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC). The MC curve slopes downward at first, then rises steeply upward, crossing both the AVC and ATC curves near their minimum points. The AVC curve is U-shaped and lies below the ATC curve. The ATC curve is also U-shaped and lies above the AVC curve. Two horizontal dashed price lines are shown. The higher line is labeled P = ATC. The lower line is labeled P < AVC. Three vertical brackets on the left are labeled z1, z2, and z3. These appear to represent three outcome ranges. The top range, z1, extends above the P = ATC line. The middle range, z2, lies between the P = ATC line and the P < AVC line. The bottom range, z3, lies below the P < AVC line.   The graph above shows the possible short run outcomes for a perfectly competitive firm. Based on this graph, match the columns: Words: 7 Characters: 52

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Image Description The image is a graph with price on the vertical axis and quantity on the horizontal axis. A downward-sloping demand curve labeled D extends from upper left to lower right. A steeper downward-sloping marginal revenue curve labeled MR lies below the demand curve and reaches the horizontal axis near quantity 90. An upward-sloping marginal cost curve labeled MC rises steeply and intersects the MR curve at about quantity 70 and price 5. A U-shaped average cost curve labeled AC lies above the MC curve at lower quantities, falls, reaches a minimum near price 7.85 around quantity 90, and then rises again. Dashed guide lines mark price levels at 11, 10, 8.5, 7.85, and 5, and quantity levels at 20, 70, and 90. At quantity 20, the demand curve corresponds to price 11. At quantity 70, the demand curve corresponds to price 10 and the MC curve corresponds to price 5. At quantity 90, the demand curve corresponds to price 7.85, which matches the minimum point of the average cost curve.   Based on the figure above, complete the sentences correctly! The monopolist chooses the output level where [option1]. It then decides what price to charge by looking at the [option2] it faces. In this sense, this firm will produce [option3] and charge [option4]. This firm’s total revenue is [option5] and its total cost is [option6]. Therefore, the firm has a [option7] that equals [option8].