Suppose Latasha runs a small business that manufactures teddy bears. Assume that the market for teddy bears is a competitive market, and the market price is $20 per teddy bear. The following graph shows Latasha's total cost curve. Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot total revenue and the green points (triangle symbol) to plot profit for teddy bears quantities zero through seven (inclusive) that Latasha produces.

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3. Profit maximization using total cost and total revenue curves

Suppose Latasha runs a small business that manufactures teddy bears. Assume that the market for teddy bears is a competitive market, and the market price is $20 per teddy bear.
The following graph shows Latasha's total cost curve.
Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot total revenue and the green points (triangle symbol) to plot profit for teddy bears quantities zero through seven (inclusive) that Latasha produces.
 
 
200
175
Total Revenue
150
Total Cost
125
Profit
100
75
50
25
-25
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
QUANTITY (Teddy bears)
Calculate Latasha's marginal revenue and marginal cost for the first seven teddy bears she produces, and plot them on the following graph. Use the
blue points (circle symbol) to plot marginal revenue and the orange points (square symbol) to plot marginal cost at each quantity.
TOTAL COST AND REVENUE (Dollars)
Transcribed Image Text:200 175 Total Revenue 150 Total Cost 125 Profit 100 75 50 25 -25 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 QUANTITY (Teddy bears) Calculate Latasha's marginal revenue and marginal cost for the first seven teddy bears she produces, and plot them on the following graph. Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot marginal revenue and the orange points (square symbol) to plot marginal cost at each quantity. TOTAL COST AND REVENUE (Dollars)
40
35
Marginal Revenue
30
25
Marginal Cost
15
10
1
2
3
4
7
QUANTITY (Teddy bears)
Latasha's profit is maximized when she produces
6 teddy bears. When she does this, the marginal cost of the last teddy bear she produces is
$15 , which is
less
than the price Latasha receives for each teddy bear she sells. The marginal cost of producing an additional teddy
bear (that is, one more teddy bear than would maximize her profit) is
$25
which is greater
than the price Latasha receives for each teddy
bear she sells. Therefore, Latasha's profit-maximizing quantity corresponds to the intersection of the
marginal cost and marginal revenue
curves. Because Latasha is a price taker, this last condition can also be written as P = MC
COSTS AND REVENUE (Dollars per teddy bear)
20
Transcribed Image Text:40 35 Marginal Revenue 30 25 Marginal Cost 15 10 1 2 3 4 7 QUANTITY (Teddy bears) Latasha's profit is maximized when she produces 6 teddy bears. When she does this, the marginal cost of the last teddy bear she produces is $15 , which is less than the price Latasha receives for each teddy bear she sells. The marginal cost of producing an additional teddy bear (that is, one more teddy bear than would maximize her profit) is $25 which is greater than the price Latasha receives for each teddy bear she sells. Therefore, Latasha's profit-maximizing quantity corresponds to the intersection of the marginal cost and marginal revenue curves. Because Latasha is a price taker, this last condition can also be written as P = MC COSTS AND REVENUE (Dollars per teddy bear) 20
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