Suppose a competitive firm has the following variable cost function:
\(VC(Q)=16Q+4Q^{2}\) And the firm%u2019s fixed costs are FC=36 .
a. How low does the market price have to be for the firm to take a loss in the short-run?
b. How low does the market price have to be for the firm to be better off shutting down in the short-run?