In: Economics
1.Marginal profit is equal to marginal revenue plus marginal cost.
True or false
Spacely Sprockets' short-run cost curve is C(q,K)=25q2K+15KC(q,K)=25q2K+15K, where q is the number of Sprockets produced and K is the number of robot hours Spacely hires. Currently, Spacely 2.hires 10 robot hours per period. The short-run marginal cost curve is MC(q,K)=50qKMC(q,K)=50qK. If Spacely receives $250 for every sprocket he produces, his profit maximizing output level is 50.
True or False
3.Consider a competitive market in which the market demand for the product is expressed as P = 75 - 1.5Q, and the supply of the product is expressed as P = 25 + 0.5Q. Price, P, is in dollars per unit sold, and Q represents the rate of production and sales in hundreds of units per day. The typical firm in this market has a marginal cost of MC=2.5+10qMC=2.5+10q.
In this case, the typical firm will maximize its profit at the point where MC = P =
True or False
4. Revenue is equal to price times quantity.
True or false
5. The table below lists the short-run costs for One Guy's Pizza. If One Guy's can sell all the output it produces for $12 per unit, One Guy's should produce 58 pizzas to maximize profits.
Q |
TFC |
TVC |
58 |
100 |
336.4 |
59 |
100 |
348.1 |
60 |
100 |
360.0 |
61 |
100 |
372.1 |
True or false
6. Producer surplus in a perfectly competitive industry is the difference between revenue and variable cost. True or false
7. he following table contains information for a price-taking competitive firm. The maximum profit is $13.
Output |
Total Cost |
Total Revenue |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
11 |
20 |
3 |
17 |
30 |
4 |
27 |
40 |
5 |
41 |
50 |
6 |
61 |
60 |
True or false
8. Average total cost for the firm in the following table is U-shaped.
Q |
P |
TR |
MR |
TC |
MC |
0 |
$30 |
$0 |
--- |
$15 |
--- |
1 |
$30 |
$30 |
$30 |
$25 |
$10 |
2 |
$30 |
$60 |
$30 |
$40 |
$15 |
3 |
$30 |
$90 |
$30 |
$60 |
$20 |
4 |
$30 |
$120 |
$30 |
$85 |
$25 |
5 |
$30 |
$150 |
$30 |
$115 |
$30 |
6 |
$30 |
$180 |
$30 |
$150 |
$35 |
True or false
9. Consider the following diagram, where a perfectly competitive firm faces a price of $40. At the profit-maximizing level of output, total revenue is $2,400.
True or false