Interpreting a Horizontal Long-Run Supply Curve
In a competitive market where all potential firms have identical technology that allows them to produce a good at a constant marginal cost of $50 per unit with no fixed costs, the long-run market supply curve is a horizontal line at a price of $50. Analyze this situation and explain what this horizontal supply curve implies about the total quantity the market will supply at each of the following potential market prices: a) $49, b) $50, and c) $51.
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