often react to marginal revenue of varying levels. The definition of Marginal revenue is the extra revenue that will be made when one additional unit of any given product is sold. The sum of sales or a pre-determined quantity of a particular product is called total revenue. “Marginal revenue tells a firm how much additional money selling each additional product will gross; total revenue tells a firm how much they will make by selling any given quantity. Marginal cost is the cost a firm incurs to
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function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 370 – P The firm’s marginal cost function is given below: MC = 10 + 4Q Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity. Solution: P = 370 – Q so TR = 370Q – Q2 and MR = 370 – 2Q MR = 370 – 2Q = 10 + 4Q = MC so Q = 60 and P = 310 2. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 135 – 0.5P The firm’s marginal cost function is given below: MC = 30 + 4Q Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity
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long-lived assets generally include those expenditures that: 1) are made for normal repairs to maintain the usefulness of the asset over a number of years. 2) are for items that have a physical life of more than a year‚ regardless of their cost. 3) are material and that have an economic benefit to the entity only in the current year. 4) are material and that have an economic benefit to the entity that extends beyond the current year. Question 11 0 / 1 point Cassady‚ Inc.
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Answers: of the negative externalities associated with these goods. it is unlawful for private firms to provide public goods. private markets will never provide goods that they know the government could provide. the private marginal cost is less than the social marginal cost. Correct private markets will never provide goods at a price of zero‚ which is the efficient price. Question 2 0 out of 1 points A common-property resource is one that is Selected Answer: Incorrect [None Given] Answers:
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that incurs cost when producing a product or providing a service” (Kimmel‚ 2009‚ pg. 867). Very important detailed information on how these costs are processed through the company’s work flow. The activity-based costing system shows the company management all the deficiencies‚ where cost improvements are needed‚ and where prices need to be increase for future production or location planning. The other reasons that activity-based costing can be used are that these are variable costs. Under variable
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and technologically efficient. B) neither attainable nor technologically efficient. C) attainable but not technologically efficient. D) technologically efficient but not attainable. Answer: C Table 1 Labor | Total product (units) | Marginal product | Average product | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | | 3 | | 2 | | | 4.5 | 3 | 14 | | | 4 | | 3 | | 5 | 19 | | | 6 | | 1 | | 3) The above (incomplete) table provides information about the relationships between labor and various
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give rms the exclusive right to produce a product for 20 years. 3. Natural Monopoly: a monopoly that arises because a single rm can supply a good or service to an entire market at a smaller cost than could two or more rms. A natural monopoly occurs when there are economies of scale‚ implying that average total cost falls as the rm’s scale becomes larger. Monopoly versus Competition The key di erence between a competitive rm and a monopoly is the monopoly’s ability to control price. The demand curves
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Assignment 2: Cost Behaviors and Allocation Prof. Gilton Grange HSA 525 Analyze the complexity of cost behaviors in health care organizations and describe how costs are classified according to their relationship with volume. Health services managers are vitally interested in how costs are affected by changes in volume. Before costs can be managed‚ one must have an understanding of how and why costs are being incurred. For‚ example medications dispensed from the pharmacy are variable costs items
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Public Expenditure - Regulate Market Failures Market Failure - Is an economic situation where resources are misallocated - May be caused by two possible factors: ○ Market Power ○ Non-existence of Markets Why is Market Power a source of Failure? - Marginal Cost Pricing is not practised (P > MC) - There is a tendency for firms to behave according to profit-maximization motive because they have market power. - This type of market failure is borne from Imperfect Competition Non-Existence of Markets - The
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I. Cost behavior defined Module 4 Review Questions The left column lists several cost classifications. The right column presents short definitions of those costs. In the blank space beside each of the numbers in the right column‚ write the letter of the cost best described by the definition. A. Curvilinear cost B. Step-wise cost C. Fixed cost D. Mixed cost E. Variable cost F. Total Cost ___E_1. This cost increases in direct proportion to increases in volume; its amount is constant for each unit
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