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Cоnsider а cоmpetitive industry аnd а price-taking firm that prоduces in that industry. The market demand and supply functions are estimated to be:Demand: Qd = 10,000 - 10,000P + 1.0MSupply: QS = 80,000 + 10,000P - 4,000 PIwhere Q is quantity, P is the price of the product, M is income, and PI is the input price. The manager of the perfectly competitive firm uses time−series data to obtain the following forecasted values of M and PI for 2015:M = $50,000 and PI = $20The manager also estimates the average variable cost function to beAVC = 3.0 - 0.0027Q - 0.0000009Q2Total fixed costs will be $2,000 in 2015. The optimal level of production for the firm is