Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Task 1
A monopoly determines its economic strategy when setting prices and output based
on a comparison of marginal cost (MC) and marginal revenue (MR).
The table shows the data characterizing the activities of the monopoly.
Output
(Q), units
Price of a
Total
Total
Average Marginal Marginal
total
Profit
product
(Р), S
revenue
costs
costs
(Pг), S
revenue
(TR), $
(ТC), S
costs
(МC), S
(MR), S
(АТC)
60
1
64
92
2
58
108
3
52
116
4
46
134
40
162
6.
34
214
7
28
278
Using the data:
1. Calculate and fill in the gaps in the table.
2. Build a graph of total revenue TR, total costs (TC) and profit (Pr).
3. Build curves of demand (D), marginal revenue (MR), marginal cost (MC) and
average total costs (ATC).
4. Graphically find the optimal output that maximizes the profits of the company.
5. Graphically determine the price at which the monopoly will sell products on the
market.
6. On the charts, find the area that determines the profit of the monopoly.
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