Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Micro Economics: Theory of Firms under Perfect Competition

Question:
In a perfectly competitive market, the last price-output combination on the supply curve at which the firm produces positive output is the point of minimum AVC where the SMC curve cuts the AVC curve. What is this point called?
Options:
Shut down point
Lowest point
Shut up point
None of above
Correct Answer:
Shut down point
Explanation:
Along the supply curve as we move down, the last price-output combination at which the firm produces positive output is the point of minimum AVC where the SMC curve cuts the AVC curve. Below this, there will be no production. This point is called the short run shut down point of the firm.