work Profit Maximization X MindTap - Cengage Learning ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deploymentId=48985820043301194889180157&elSBN 9781305387638&id=2105230772&sna MINDTAP Expand Sidebar Omework Profit Maximization Suppose Erin gives haircuts on Saturdays to make extra money. She is the only person in town cutting hair on Saturdays and therefore has some market power. Assume that she does not incur fixed costs, and the only significant variable cost to Erin is her time. As she gives more haircuts, Erin must increasingly forgo other valuable Saturday activities. For example, if she gives one haircut, she forgoes reading the paper after breakfast. If she gives two haircuts, she gives up reading the paper and sleeping an extra half-hour. Erin's clients are a varied group willing to pay between $16.00 and $28.00 for a haircut. Assume that Erin cannot price discriminate, i.e., charge different clients different prices. If Erin charges $28.00 per haircut, she will have one client per week; if she charges $24.00, she will have two; if she charges $20.00, three, and so forth. The following table contains data on the revenues and costs of Erin's haircut business as a function of her price- quantity choice. (The costs are based on the value of Erin's alternative activities, in dollar terms. For example, the total cost of the first haircut is $4- the value Erin places on reading the newspaper after breakfast.) Fill in the missing cells of the table and then use them to answer the questions that follow. Output (Haircuts per week) Price Total Revenue (Dollars per haircut) (Dollars per week) Marginal Revenue (Dollars per haircut) Total Cost (Dollars per week) Marginal Cost (Dollars per haircut) Profit (Dollars per week) 0 0 0 28.00 1 28.00 28.00 4.00 20.00 2 24.00 48.00 12.00 12.00 3 20.00 60.00 20.00 4 18.00 36.00 8.00 AAAAA 0 4.00 24.00 8.00 36.00 8.00 40.00 20.00 16.00 80.00 56.00 24.00 110°F On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points. Sunny 04 Total Revenue (?) Search 110°F Sunny work Profit Maximization X MindTap - Cengage Learning ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deploymentId=48985820043301194889180157&elSBN 9781305387638&id=2105230772&sna MINDTAP pand Sidebar mework Profit Maximization On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points. TOTAL REVENUE, TOTAL COST, AND PROFIT (Dollars per week) 16 2 QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Haircuts per week) Total Revenue ーロー Total Cost Profit ? On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot her marginal revenue (MR) curve, and then use the orange points (square symbol) to plot Erin's marginal cost (MC) curve for the first five haircuts. Be sure to plot from left to right and to plot between integers. For example, if Erin's marginal cost of increasing her production from one haircut to two haircuts is x, then you would plot a point at (1.5, x). Line segments will automatically connect the points. Search ?
work Profit Maximization X MindTap - Cengage Learning ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deploymentId=48985820043301194889180157&elSBN 9781305387638&id=2105230772&sna MINDTAP Expand Sidebar Omework Profit Maximization Suppose Erin gives haircuts on Saturdays to make extra money. She is the only person in town cutting hair on Saturdays and therefore has some market power. Assume that she does not incur fixed costs, and the only significant variable cost to Erin is her time. As she gives more haircuts, Erin must increasingly forgo other valuable Saturday activities. For example, if she gives one haircut, she forgoes reading the paper after breakfast. If she gives two haircuts, she gives up reading the paper and sleeping an extra half-hour. Erin's clients are a varied group willing to pay between $16.00 and $28.00 for a haircut. Assume that Erin cannot price discriminate, i.e., charge different clients different prices. If Erin charges $28.00 per haircut, she will have one client per week; if she charges $24.00, she will have two; if she charges $20.00, three, and so forth. The following table contains data on the revenues and costs of Erin's haircut business as a function of her price- quantity choice. (The costs are based on the value of Erin's alternative activities, in dollar terms. For example, the total cost of the first haircut is $4- the value Erin places on reading the newspaper after breakfast.) Fill in the missing cells of the table and then use them to answer the questions that follow. Output (Haircuts per week) Price Total Revenue (Dollars per haircut) (Dollars per week) Marginal Revenue (Dollars per haircut) Total Cost (Dollars per week) Marginal Cost (Dollars per haircut) Profit (Dollars per week) 0 0 0 28.00 1 28.00 28.00 4.00 20.00 2 24.00 48.00 12.00 12.00 3 20.00 60.00 20.00 4 18.00 36.00 8.00 AAAAA 0 4.00 24.00 8.00 36.00 8.00 40.00 20.00 16.00 80.00 56.00 24.00 110°F On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points. Sunny 04 Total Revenue (?) Search 110°F Sunny work Profit Maximization X MindTap - Cengage Learning ng.cengage.com/static/nb/ui/evo/index.html?deploymentId=48985820043301194889180157&elSBN 9781305387638&id=2105230772&sna MINDTAP pand Sidebar mework Profit Maximization On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points. TOTAL REVENUE, TOTAL COST, AND PROFIT (Dollars per week) 16 2 QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Haircuts per week) Total Revenue ーロー Total Cost Profit ? On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot her marginal revenue (MR) curve, and then use the orange points (square symbol) to plot Erin's marginal cost (MC) curve for the first five haircuts. Be sure to plot from left to right and to plot between integers. For example, if Erin's marginal cost of increasing her production from one haircut to two haircuts is x, then you would plot a point at (1.5, x). Line segments will automatically connect the points. Search ?
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Suppose Erin gives haircuts on Saturdays to make extra money. She is the only person in town cutting hair on Saturdays and therefore has some market power. Assume that she does not incur fixed costs, and the only significant variable cost to Erin is her time. As she gives more haircuts, Erin must increasingly forgo other valuable Saturday activities. For example, if she gives one haircut, she forgoes reading the paper after breakfast. If she gives two haircuts, she gives up reading the paper and sleeping an extra half-hour.
Erin's clients are a varied group willing to pay between $16.00 and $28.00 for a haircut. Assume that Erin cannot price discriminate , i.e., charge different clients different prices. If Erin charges $28.00 per haircut, she will have one client per week; if she charges $24.00, she will have two; if she charges $20.00, three, and so forth. The following table contains data on the revenues and costs of Erin's haircut business as a function of her price-quantity choice. (The costs are based on the value of Erin's alternative activities, in dollar terms. For example, the total cost of the first haircut is $4-the value Erin places on reading the newspaper after breakfast.)
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points.
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Omework Profit Maximization
Suppose Erin gives haircuts on Saturdays to make extra money. She is the only person in town cutting hair on Saturdays and therefore has some
market power. Assume that she does not incur fixed costs, and the only significant variable cost to Erin is her time. As she gives more haircuts, Erin
must increasingly forgo other valuable Saturday activities. For example, if she gives one haircut, she forgoes reading the paper after breakfast. If she
gives two haircuts, she gives up reading the paper and sleeping an extra half-hour.
Erin's clients are a varied group willing to pay between $16.00 and $28.00 for a haircut. Assume that Erin cannot price discriminate, i.e., charge
different clients different prices. If Erin charges $28.00 per haircut, she will have one client per week; if she charges $24.00, she will have two; if she
charges $20.00, three, and so forth. The following table contains data on the revenues and costs of Erin's haircut business as a function of her price-
quantity choice. (The costs are based on the value of Erin's alternative activities, in dollar terms. For example, the total cost of the first haircut is $4-
the value Erin places on reading the newspaper after breakfast.)
Fill in the missing cells of the table and then use them to answer the questions that follow.
Output
(Haircuts per
week)
Price
Total Revenue
(Dollars per
haircut)
(Dollars per
week)
Marginal Revenue
(Dollars per
haircut)
Total Cost
(Dollars per
week)
Marginal Cost
(Dollars per
haircut)
Profit
(Dollars per
week)
0
0
0
28.00
1
28.00
28.00
4.00
20.00
2
24.00
48.00
12.00
12.00
3
20.00
60.00
20.00
4
18.00
36.00
8.00
AAAAA
0
4.00
24.00
8.00
36.00
8.00
40.00
20.00
16.00
80.00
56.00
24.00
110°F
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total
cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and
ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points.
Sunny
04
Total Revenue
(?)
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Omework Profit Maximization
Suppose Erin gives haircuts on Saturdays to make extra money. She is the only person in town cutting hair on Saturdays and therefore has some
market power. Assume that she does not incur fixed costs, and the only significant variable cost to Erin is her time. As she gives more haircuts, Erin
must increasingly forgo other valuable Saturday activities. For example, if she gives one haircut, she forgoes reading the paper after breakfast. If she
gives two haircuts, she gives up reading the paper and sleeping an extra half-hour.
Erin's clients are a varied group willing to pay between $16.00 and $28.00 for a haircut. Assume that Erin cannot price discriminate, i.e., charge
different clients different prices. If Erin charges $28.00 per haircut, she will have one client per week; if she charges $24.00, she will have two; if she
charges $20.00, three, and so forth. The following table contains data on the revenues and costs of Erin's haircut business as a function of her price-
quantity choice. (The costs are based on the value of Erin's alternative activities, in dollar terms. For example, the total cost of the first haircut is $4-
the value Erin places on reading the newspaper after breakfast.)
Fill in the missing cells of the table and then use them to answer the questions that follow.
Output
(Haircuts per
week)
Price
Total Revenue
(Dollars per
haircut)
(Dollars per
week)
Marginal Revenue
(Dollars per
haircut)
Total Cost
(Dollars per
week)
Marginal Cost
(Dollars per
haircut)
Profit
(Dollars per
week)
0
0
0
28.00
1
28.00
28.00
4.00
20.00
2
24.00
48.00
12.00
12.00
3
20.00
60.00
20.00
4
18.00
36.00
8.00
AAAAA
0
4.00
24.00
8.00
36.00
8.00
40.00
20.00
16.00
80.00
56.00
24.00
110°F
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total
cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and
ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points.
Sunny
04
Total Revenue
(?)
Search
![110°F
Sunny
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mework Profit Maximization
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total
cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and
ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points.
TOTAL REVENUE, TOTAL COST, AND PROFIT (Dollars per week)
16
2
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Haircuts per week)
Total Revenue
ーロー
Total Cost
Profit
?
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot her marginal revenue (MR) curve, and then use the orange points (square symbol)
to plot Erin's marginal cost (MC) curve for the first five haircuts. Be sure to plot from left to right and to plot between integers. For example, if Erin's
marginal cost of increasing her production from one haircut to two haircuts is x, then you would plot a point at (1.5, x). Line segments will
automatically connect the points.
Search
?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F55e5aa3a-0d07-45ba-a16f-5f15ce7e32c0%2Ffc565f45-3b2e-4e8f-9e60-c1e6c2d8a2d3%2Fz3fle13_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:110°F
Sunny
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mework Profit Maximization
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot Erin's total revenue curve, use the orange points (square symbol) to plot her total
cost curve, and use the purple points (diamond symbol) to plot her profit curve. Be sure to graph from left to right, starting with zero haircuts and
ending with five. Line segments will automatically connect the points.
TOTAL REVENUE, TOTAL COST, AND PROFIT (Dollars per week)
16
2
QUANTITY OF OUTPUT (Haircuts per week)
Total Revenue
ーロー
Total Cost
Profit
?
On the following graph, use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot her marginal revenue (MR) curve, and then use the orange points (square symbol)
to plot Erin's marginal cost (MC) curve for the first five haircuts. Be sure to plot from left to right and to plot between integers. For example, if Erin's
marginal cost of increasing her production from one haircut to two haircuts is x, then you would plot a point at (1.5, x). Line segments will
automatically connect the points.
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