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SOLVENCY: The condition of a business when liabilities (excluding any ownership equity) are less than assets. In other words, the business is doing fine and able to pay all of it's debts. This is most important when contrasted with the alternative, insolvency.

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Lesson 13: The Firm | Unit 1: Introduction Page: 5 of 24

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  • The relation between a firm and an industry.

  • An industry is one or more business firms that produce similar products.
  • In many cases the term industry can be used interchangeably with the term market.


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MARGINAL FACTOR COST

The change in total factor cost resulting from a change in the quantity of factor input employed by a firm. Marginal factor cost, abbreviated MFC, indicates how total factor cost changes with the employment of one more input. It is found by dividing the change in total factor cost by the change in the quantity of input used. Marginal factor cost is compared with marginal revenue product to identify the profit-maximizing quantity of input to hire.

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