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DRAW ONE GRAPH SHOWING AVERAGE FIXED COSTS, AVERAGE VARIABLE COSTS, AVERAGE TOTAL COSTS, MARGINAL REVENUE AND MARGINAL COSTS. USING THE DATA IN THE TABLE AND ON YOUR GRAPH, WHAT IS THE PROFIT MAXIMIZING, OR LOSS MINIMIZING LEVEL OF OUTPUT? EXPLAIN AND JUSTIFY ANSWER. WHAT IS A NORMAL PROFIT AND WHAT IS AN ECONOMIC PROFIT |
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Profit Maximizing output is where MR = MC.
MR is closest with MC at Output of 4 units. So 4 is the Profit maximizing output.
Normal Profit does not consider the cost if the entrepreneur uses his own land or the salary foregone by him, whereas economic profit considers all these cost components while calculating the profit.
OUTPUT |
AVERAGE FIXED COST |
AVERAGE VARIABLE COST |
AVERAGE TOTAL COST |
TOTAL COST (ATC * OUTPUT) |
0 |
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1 |
$180.00 |
$135.00 |
$315.00 |
315*1 = $315 |
2 |
$90.00 |
$127.50 |
$217.50 |
217.50*2 = $434 |
3 |
$60.00 |
$120.00 |
$180.00 |
180*3 = $540 |
4 |
$45.00 |
$112.50 |
$157.50 |
157.5*4 = $628 |
5 |
$36.00 |
$111.00 |
$147.00 |
147*5 = $735 |
6 |
$30.00 |
$112.50 |
$142.50 |
142.5*6 = $852 |
7 |
$25.71 |
$115.70 |
$141.41 |
141.41*7 = $989.87 |
8 |
$22.50 |
$121.90 |
$144.40 |
144.40*8 = $1155.2 |
9 |
$20.00 |
$130.00 |
$150.00 |
150*9 = $1350 |
10 |
$18.00 |
$139.50 |
$157.50 |
157.5*10 = $1575 |
OUTPUT |
MARGINAL COST (TCn - TCn-1) |
PRICE |
TOTAL REVENUE (Price * Output) |
MARGINAL REVENUE (TRn - TRn-1) |
0 |
- |
$345.00 |
345*0 = 0 | - |
1 |
- |
$300.00 |
300*1 = $300 | 300 - 0 $300 |
2 |
434 - 315 = $119 |
$249.00 |
249*2 = $498 | 498-300 = $198 |
3 |
540-434 = $106 |
$213.00 |
213*3 = $639 | 639 - 498 = $141 |
4 |
628-540 = $88 |
$189.00 |
189*4 = $756 | 756-639 = $117 |
5 |
735 - 628 = $107 |
$165.00 |
165*5 = $825 | 825-756 = $69 |
6 |
852-735 = $117 |
$144.00 |
144*6 = $864 | 864-825 = $39 |
7 |
989.87 - 852 = $137.87 |
$126.00 |
126*7 = $882 | 882-864 = $18 |
8 |
1155.2 - 989.87 = $165.33 |
$111.00 |
111*8 = $888 | 888-882 = $6 |
9 |
1350 - 1155.2 = $194.8 |
$99.00 |
99*9 = $891 | 891-888 = $3 |
10 |
1575 - 1350 = $225 |
$87.00 |
87*10 = $870 |
870 - 891 = -$21 |