Consider the perfectly competitive firm described by the short run cost curves in the figure below 20L MC 18. ATC AVC 16 14 12 10 4 2 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Quantity (mugs per day) Price and cost (dollars per mug) 8 6 If the price of the firm's output is $14, is the firm making economic profit, loss or normal profit, and should they stay in business in the short run or shutdown? O economic loss, shut down in the short run O economic profit, stay in business in the short run economic loss, stay in business in the short run normal profit, stay in business in the short run
