5. (5 points654Price and cost (dollars)B10SMCMRE300 340200ATCQuantityThe above graph is for a monopoly firm. The curve labelled "SMC" is the Marginal Cost curve,D Demand curve and MR Marginal Revenue curve, ATC average total cost curve.(a) What is the profit maximizing price and output?(b) At the profit maximizing price and output what is the average total cost?(c) At the profit maximizing price and output what is the amount of profit (in dollars) earned bythis firm? Please show your calculations.

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9. Draw a linear demand curve, linear MC and MR for a monopolist. (a) Show graphically the optimal price and quantity produced. (b) How will your answer in (a) change if the demand becomes more inelastic? Will the gap between MC and p increase or decrease? (c) Show the CS, PS, and, DW L.
(Short-Run Profit Maximization) Answer the following questions on the basis of the monopolist's situation illustrated in the following graph. a. At what output rate and price does the monopolist operate? b. In equilibrium, approximately what is the firm's total cost and total revenue? c. What is the firm's economic profit or loss in equilibrium?
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1. When a monopoly advertises, the goal is to _____ because _____. Group of answer choices increase its demand as a share of market demand; the monopoly faces a significant portion of market demand increase market demand; the monopoly faces the entire market demand increase market demand; the monopoly produces a product that is identical to the output of all other sellers in the market increase its demand as a share of market demand; the monopoly faces a small portion of market demand 2. If given a choice, a person would prefer to experience the situation of which of the following families? Group of answer choices a family with income equal to the world poverty line a family with income equal to the United States poverty line a family with income double the world poverty line a family with income equal to the poverty line in the United States in 1970 3. A business using its bargaining power as a major buyer of labor to pay lower prices, including lower wages,…
2. Monopoly, Practice Question Firm P is a monopolist for a new drug that makes people feel thinner. the total cost function is C(Q) = 200 + 10Q + Q² The inverse demand function is p(Q) = 82 - Q (a) By how much do revenues increase if this firm sells one more (small) unit of output? By how much does its cost go up if it produces one more (small) unit of output? (b) What is the optimal price and quantity the monopolist should charge and sell? (c) What is the profit the monopolist makes? Should the firm shut down in the short or long run? (d) If the company increases its price by a small fraction (let us say 1%), by what proportion does demand go down? [Round to two decimal places.] (e) What percentage of the price is due to costs and what is due to markup? [Round to two decimal places.] (f) What is the deadweight loss of the monopoly pricing compared to competitive prices?
i A monopoly can be identified by a few traits that distinguish it from other market systems. Identify the reasons a monopoly firm sets prices in microeconomics. ii. Monopolistic opponents said that the monopoly power would have a negative social impact. Tell us why. iii Describe THREE (3) qualities or conditions of the perfectly Competitive market structure. A perfectly competitive market has the opposite characteristics or conditions from a monopolistic market.
COURSE: MICROECONOMICS 2 - MONOPOLY IN DURABLE GOODSA monopolistic firm has estimated its inverse demand function as P = 200 − 0.5 Q + 40*(1/UL) with a increasing marginal cost (MC) estimated to be 10 Q. (a) Estimate effect on firm's extraordinary profit if it changes useful life (UL) of its product from 8 years to 5 years. b) What will happen to selling price?
1. Thinking about the analysis of profit maximising behaviour in a monopoly, which statement will be true?a) To maximise profits, the firm will set a lower output and a higher price than if the market was perfectly competitive.b) The firm sets output so that its marginal cost of production equals the market price.c) When the firm maximises its profit, marginal revenue will be zero.d) The demand for a monopoly’s product will be greater than the market demand under perfect competition. 2. We would not consider the motorway system to be a public good becausea) It is possible for private operators to run toll roads.b) Users can enter the system freely until there is a problem of congestion.c) Users can free ride, enjoying the service without making any payment for it.d) Although the system is used by the public, it is owned by the government. 3. In many cities, there is some form of rent control, restricting how much landlords can charge for accommodation. A direct effect of this policy…
QUESTION 8 Kim is a cook that makes really unique egg rolls and she is the only person selling these egg rolls. Assume Kim's demand is linear and that she profit maximises. Select the item from the list provided to make the following statements true: Kim's egg roll business operates in a monopoly because 1. is less than 2. profit 3. there are close substitutes 4. is greater than 5. there is only one seller 6. dead weight loss 7. is equal to 8. she is a price taker 9. there are many sellers Kim is profit maximising implying that she is producing at where her marginal revenue her marginal cost of production. ✓ If Kim were to produce where her marginal cost intersects the demand curve for her egg rolls, she would be maximising 10. revenue 11. consumer surplus 12, is exactly twice of

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