In: Economics
1.should these monopolists increase or decrease output, increase
or decrease price, and on what information is your answer based?
Can the monopolists maximize profits minimize a loss ,or should
they shutdown? Give a reasons for your answers based on the numbers
in the rows
Price | MR | Q | TR | TC | P/L | TVC | ATC | AVC | MC |
10 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 50 | +50 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
50 | <50 | 50 | 2500 | 2600 | -100 | 1600 | 52 | 32 | 50 |
10 |
5 | 1000 | 10000 | 8000 | +2000 | 5000 | 8 | 5(min) | 5 |
90 | 70 | 25 | 2250 | 1500 | +750 | 750 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
The firm maximizes its profits
at Q = 1000 with MR=MC=5. The price at this point is 10 which is
above the min of AVC(5). This means that firm should continue
operations and not shut down at this level. Please see explanation
for each row in the remarks column.