TASK 1 309.1.1-05‚ 06 A. Marginal revenue indicates how much extra revenue a company receives for selling an extra unit of output. 1. Marginal Revenue is the change in total revenue resulting from a change in the quantity of output sold. Expressed as: Marginal Revenue = change in total revenue/change quantity. B. Marginal cost is the overall change in a firms total cost of production resulting from a change in production by one unit. 1. Marginal cost and total cost are related
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find the competitive quantity we set price equal to marginal cost and solve for Q: We obtain price by substituting the competitive quantity in the inverse demand function. Or we could simply note that with P = MC‚ price must be equal to 1‚ and then substitute this in the inverse demand equation and solve for Q. b) What is the equilibrium price and quantity of hangars if the market is monopolized? With an inverse demand of ‚ marginal revenue is given by (same intercept‚ twice as steeply
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which are bitter due to their oxalic content‚ can be removed with the use of steam. Ragouts and soups are often prepared with crushed sesame seeds. Sesame hay‚ if carefully dried‚ can be used as fodder. A large proportion of the world’s sesame production goes towards producing edible oil. Purely white sesame seeds are in demand on conventional as on ecological markets‚ because of their higher oil content than pigmented varieties. By-products of oil extraction are an excellent protein component to
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1) The manager of an automobile repair shop hopes to achieve a better allocation of inventory control efforts by adopting an A-B-C approach to inventory control. a) Given monthly usages in the following table‚ classify the items in A‚ B and C categories according to dollar usage: Item Usage Unit Cost 4021 90 $1‚400 9402 300 12 4066 30 700 6500 150 20 9280 10 1‚020 4050 80 140 6850 2‚000 10 3010 400 20 4400 5‚000 5 a) In descending order: Item Usage x Cost 4021 $126‚000
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run earns zero economic profit. Explicit cost * Normal profit is the minimum level of profit that keeps the factors of production in the long run * Profit maximization can only happen when the marginal revenue or price is equal to the marginal cost and marginal cost is increasing. a. Bowmen’s Accounting profits is equal to (total revenue – explicit costs) | $ | $ | Revenue | | 500000 | | | | (-) Explicit costs | |
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where marginal revenue equals marginal cost‚ meaning that cost does not exceed revenue and revenue does not exceed cost. This is a profit-maximizing zone‚ meaning that total cost is not the lowest‚ but is farthest away from the total returns. The optimal point of production for the firm is at the point MR=MC. Marginal revenue is defined as the change in total revenue as a result of producing an additional unit‚ while marginal cost is the increase or decrease of a firm’s total cost of production as a
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The relationship between marginal revenue (revenue generated by increasing product sales by 1) and marginal cost (the cost in producing that 1 extra product) is important to a business in terms of profit maximization. A business reaches maximum profit when there is equilibrium between these two numbers. An imbalance on either side will result in a decrease in profit. Profit maximization in terms of total revenue to total cost shows that the maximum profit is achieved when the distance between the
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Microeconomics WA3 1. At its current level of production‚ a profit-maximizing firm in a competitive market receives $12.50 for each unit it produces and faces an average total cost of $10. At the market price of $12.50 per unit‚ the firm’s marginal cost curve crosses the marginal revenue curve at an output level of 1000 units. What is the firm’s current profit? What is likely to occur in this market‚ and why? Total rev | 12500 | Total costs | 10000 | TC=ATC(Q) = 10 ( 1000) = 10000 Profit=TR-TC
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176 266 390 Price $50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 1. (Table: Barrels of Oil) Refer to the table. How many barrels of oil should the company produce to maximize profit? A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 2. (Table: Barrels of Oil) Refer to the table. What is the marginal revenue of producing the fifth barrel of oil? A) 61 B) 50 C) 200 D) 250 3. Stating that TR = TC is equivalent to stating that: A) MR = MC. B) P = AC. C) P = Average fixed cost. D) MR = P. Page 1 4. At a ski resort located over one hour from the
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Chapter 10 (Tentative Due Date: by November 1) Question 2: Discuss the major barriers to entry into an industry. Explain how each barrier can foster either monopoly or oligopoly. Which barriers‚ if any‚ do you feel give rise to monopoly that is socially justifiable? LO1 The major barriers to entry in an industry are economies of scale‚ legal barriers such as patents & licenses and other strategic or pricing barriers. Economies of scale occur only in large firms who are able to reach a minimum
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