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- A profit-maximizing firm in a competitive industry has the cost structure shown in the table below. Quantity Average Total Cost Average Fixed Cost Marginal Cost 1_ 25.00 20.00 4.20 2 14.40 10.00 3.60 3 10.87 6.67 4.20 4 9.40 5.00 6.00 5 9.00 4.00 9.00 6 9.33 3.33 13.20 7 10.26 2.86 18.60 8 11.70 2.50 25.20 9 13.62 2.22 33.00 10 16.00 2.00 42.00 Calculate this firm's shut-down price and explain your answer. What is this firm's supply curve? In answering this question, indicate the minimum price necessary for the firm to produce a positive quantity and the quantity it would produce at that minimum price? (Hint: Draw on your answer to part a.) If marginal revenue is $9, how much output will the firm produce, and how much profit will it make? Show your calculations.PQ 14.05 Reagan is a farmer and sells her wheat in a perfectly competitive market. Reagan produces 30,000 bushels of wheat for an average total cost of $7.50, marginal cost of $7.30, and average variable cost of $7.10. In the short-run, Reagan should produce more wheat if the current price is above, and should shut down if the current price is below Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a $7.50; $7.30 $7.50; $7.10 $7.10; $7.30 $7.10; $7.00 e $7.30; $7.10 f $7.30; $7.00Consider the perfectly competitive market for sports jackets. The following graph shows the marginal cost ( MCMC ), average total cost ( ATCATC ), and average variable cost ( AVCAVC ) curves for a typical firm in the industry.
- Refer to the diagram. At the profit-maximizing output, total variable cost is equal to: MC ATC AVC Dollars ABC H G 0 K DE Quantity 1) ABGH. 2) OCFE. 3) OBGE. 4) OAHE. MR7.3.2 According to the figure below, a firm would shut down in the short run if the price is Price and Cost MC ATC AVCLisa’s Lawn Company (LLC) is a lawn-mowing business in a perfectly competitive market for lawn-mowing services. The following table sets out Lisa’s costs. Quantity (Lawns per hour Total Cost (dollars per lawn) 0 $30 1 40 2 55 3 75 4 100 5 130 6 165 If the market price is $30 per lawn, how many lawns per hour does Lisa’s LLC mow? If the market price is $30 per lawn, what is Lisa’s profit in the short run? If the market price falls to $20 per lawn, how many lawns per hour does Lisa’s LLC mow?
- Consider a perfectly competitive market for wheat in New York City. There are 130 firms in the industry, each of which has the cost curves shown on the following graph: 100 90 MC 80 70 60 ATC 50 40 30 AVC 20 10 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Thousands of bushels) COST(Cents per bushel)If any of your answers are negative, put a minus sign in front of the number. You are given the following cost data for a perfectly competitive firm. Q TFC TVC 16 16 10 16 18 16 28 16 16 40 54 70 16 Calculate TC, MC, AFC, AVC, and ATC when Q = 2. TC = S , MC = S. AFC = $ AVC = $ ATC = $ If the market price is $15, how many units of output will this firm produce? units of output. Calculate the firm's profit: $ Will the firm operate or shut down in the short run? The firm In the long run, the firm should O A. expand because short-run profits are negative. O B. expand because short-run profits are positive. OC. shut down because short-run profits are positive. O D. neither expand nor shut down because short-run profits are positive. O E. shut down because short-run profits are negative.Problems: Question #6: The Phantom Farms bakery produces pumpkin pies according to the following short run cost schedules. Assume the pumpkin pie industry is perfectly competitive and that the bakery can only produce and sell whole pies. AVC = ATC = MC = Quantity (pies) TFC = total TVC = total TC = total fixed cost variable cost average average total marginal cost variable cost cost cost (i) same as (i) 1 14 18 14.0 18 14 2 same as (i) (ii) 28 12.0 14 10 3 same as (i) 38 42 12.7 (v) 14 4 same as (i) 60 (iii) 15.0 16 22 same as (i) 86 90 17.2 18 (vi) same as (i) 116 120 (iv) 20 30 Fill in the five missing cost numbers indicated in the table above. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) If the price of pumpkin pies is $22 per pie, how many pies should Phantom Farms produce in the short run? What profit or loss does the firm earn? Explain how you arrived at this answer. Illustrate Phantom Farms' choice with a graph and indicate profits or losses. 3
- Refer to the accompanying figure. If the market for doughnuts is perfectly competitive, then assuming this firm can earn enough revenue to cover its variable cost, it should produce: Price (S/doughnut) 0.35 p 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Marginal Cost 70 80 90 Quantity (doughnuts/day) Average Total Cost 50 doughnuts per day. the quantity of doughnuts at which average total cost is minimized. the quantity of doughnuts at which average total cost equals the market price. the quantity of doughnuts at which marginal cost equals the market price.Table Cost.EX2.2: Data for a Competitive Firm Marginal Marginal Output Cost Revenue (Q) (MC) (MR) 10 $3.00 $4.00 11 $3.50 $4.00 12 $4.00 $4.00 13 $4.50 $4.00 14 $5.00 $4.00 15 $5.50 $4.00 16 $6.00 $4.00 Refer to Table Cost.EX2.2. If the firm wishes to maximize profit, it should produce units. O 10 O 12 O 11 6.The table below shows the weekly marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) for Buddies, a purely competitive firm that produces novelty ear buds. Assume the market for novelty ear buds is a competitive market and that the price of ear buds is $6.00 per pair. Buddies Production Costs MC ($) Quantity of Ear Buds 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 2.00 2.45 3.55 4.00 5.50 5.98 8.52 pairs ATC ($) 2.00 2.00 2.15 2.50 2.80 3.25 3.64 4.25 Check my work Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as the closest given whole number. In parts b-d, round your answers to two decimal places. a. If Buddies wants to maximize profits, how many pairs of ear buds should it produce each week? b. At the profit-maximizing quantity, what is the total cost of producing ear buds? c. If the market price for ear buds is $6 per pair, and Buddies produces the profit-maximizing quantity of ear buds, what will Buddies profit or loss be per week? d. Now assume the market price is $5.50 per pair, and Buddies produces the…
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