Use the table Costs for Alina's Apple Pies. If Alina's Apple Pies operates in a perfectly competitive market and the market price for a pie is $18, how many pies should Alina's Apple Pies produce and what is the economic profit or loss per unit?
Use the table Costs for Alina's Apple Pies. If Alina's Apple Pies operates in a perfectly competitive market and the market price for a pie is $18, how many pies should Alina's Apple Pies produce and what is the economic profit or loss per unit?
Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1QTC
Related questions
Question
Use the table Costs for Alina's Apple Pies. If Alina's Apple Pies operates in a

Transcribed Image Text:(Table: Costs for Alina's Apple Pies) Use the table Costs for Alina's Apple
Pies. If Alina's Apple Pies operates in a perfectly competitive market and
the market price for a pie is $38, what profit (or loss) will this firm earn?
Table: Costs for Alina's Apple Pies
Fixed
Quantity
Variable
Total Cost
Marginal CostAverage Total
Cost
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
$100
S100
S100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
S2
S8
$18
$32
$50
$72
S98
$128
$162
$200
S100-
S102
$108
$118
S132
$150
$172
$198
$228
$262
$300
$2
S6
S10
$14
$18
$22
S26
$30
$34
$38
S102.00
$54.00
$39.33
$33.00
$30.00
$28.67
$28.28
$28.50
$29 11
$30.00
O a profit of $200
Expert Solution

This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
This is a popular solution!
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps

Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, economics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Recommended textbooks for you


Principles of Economics (12th Edition)
Economics
ISBN:
9780134078779
Author:
Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon E. Oster
Publisher:
PEARSON

Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
Economics
ISBN:
9780134870069
Author:
William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
Publisher:
PEARSON


Principles of Economics (12th Edition)
Economics
ISBN:
9780134078779
Author:
Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon E. Oster
Publisher:
PEARSON

Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
Economics
ISBN:
9780134870069
Author:
William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
Publisher:
PEARSON

Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Economics
ISBN:
9781305585126
Author:
N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher:
Cengage Learning

Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach
Economics
ISBN:
9781337106665
Author:
Luke M. Froeb, Brian T. McCann, Michael R. Ward, Mike Shor
Publisher:
Cengage Learning

Managerial Economics & Business Strategy (Mcgraw-…
Economics
ISBN:
9781259290619
Author:
Michael Baye, Jeff Prince
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education