Use the graph below to answer the questions that follow.

1. 9. Highlight the areas of loss for the firm.

1. 10. What is the significance of Point A and Point B?

1. 11. What does the area between point A and point B represent?

Short Answer Graphing Question:

1. 12. Suppose the government imposes an excise tax on the production of a good produced in a perfectly competitive market that was in long run equilibrium.Draw side by side market and firm graphs showing the short run impact on the firm and the market.Describe how the market adjusts to bring about a new long run equilibrium.Compare original and new market price, the size of the industry before and after the tax, and the amount produced by the industry before and after the tax.