The table below shows the total cost (TC) and marginal cost (MC) for Choco Lovers, a purely competitive firm producing different quantities of chocolate gift boxes. The market price for a box of chocolates is $3 per box.   Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.   a. Fill in the marginal revenue (MR) and average revenue (AR) columns. Instructions: For profit/loss, round your answers to two decimal places. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers. A loss should be entered as a negative number.   b. Given a price of $3 per gift box, how many boxes of chocolate should Choco Lovers produce?        gift boxes        What will the profit or loss be per gift box?        $ per gift box   c. Suppose that Choco Lovers raises the price to $5 per gift box. Now how many boxes should Choco Lovers produce?        gift boxes        What will the new profit or loss be per gift box?

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Choco Lovers Cost and Revenue
Quantity of Gift Boxes TC ($) MC ($) MR ($) AR ($)
5 60 2
 
12.00
10 67 1.50
1.4
6.7
15 77 2
2
5.13
20 92 3
3
4.6
25 117 5
5
4.68
30 152 7
7
5.06

The table below shows the total cost (TC) and marginal cost (MC) for Choco Lovers, a purely competitive firm producing different quantities of chocolate gift boxes. The market price for a box of chocolates is $3 per box.

 

Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.

 

a. Fill in the marginal revenue (MR) and average revenue (AR) columns.

Instructions: For profit/loss, round your answers to two decimal places. If you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign (-) in front of those numbers. A loss should be entered as a negative number.

 

b. Given a price of $3 per gift box, how many boxes of chocolate should Choco Lovers produce?

 

     gift boxes

 

     What will the profit or loss be per gift box?

 

     $ per gift box

 

c. Suppose that Choco Lovers raises the price to $5 per gift box. Now how many boxes should Choco Lovers produce?

 

     gift boxes

 

     What will the new profit or loss be per gift box?

 

     $

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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