________ natural resources are natural resources that can be used ...

[Themember4]

________ natural resources are natural resources that can be used repeatedly, and ________ natural resources are natural resources that can be used only once.
 
  A) Nonrenewable; renewable
  B) Renewable; hydrocarbon
  C) Renewable; nonrenewable
  D) Non-fossil; fossil

Question 2

Explain the role of advertising in monopolistic competition. Describe how advertising by all firms in a monopolistically competitive industry impacts a firm's ATC curve, its MC curve, its demand curve, and its MR curve.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Carissamariew]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

In order to maintain (or regain) economic profit, a firm in monopolistic competition must continually develop new products that are unique and/or of high quality (or make consumers believe this). Advertising lets firms signal this information. So all firms in monopolistic competition tend to advertise extensively.
Advertising is a fixed cost and it shifts the ATC curve upward. Even though advertising shifts to the ATC curve upward, the total average cost might be lower if it increases the amount sold by enough. Because advertising is a fixed cost, it has no effect on the marginal cost, so the MC curve does not change. Because all firms advertise, advertising might or might not increase demand for a specific firm. When all firms advertise, the demand curve and marginal revenue curve for a specific firm become more elastic.

[Themember4]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[dantucker]

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