Price drops back to P₁ erasing all profits. Individual firms again produce Q₁ since price is at its original level. Total industry output has risen to Q₃ due to the new firms. The new equilibrium differs from the original in that there are more firms and more industry output. However, price and output per firm have returned to levels prior to the demand increase.

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