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EverKleen Pool Services provides weekly swimming pool
maintenance in Atlanta. Dozens of firms provide this service. The
service is standardized, each company cleans the pool and maintains
the proper levels of chemicals in the water. The service is
typically sold as a four-month summer contracts. The market price
for the four-month service is $125. EverKleen Pool Services has a
fixed cost of $3,500. The manager of EverKleen has estimated the
following cost function:
SMC = 125-0.42Q+0.0021Q2
Where SMC is measured in dollars and Q is the number of pools
serviced each summer.
a. At what output level does AVC reach its minimum
value? What is the value of AVC at its minimum point?
b. Should the firm continue to operate or shut
down? Explain why?
c. What is the optimal output level? Make
necessary calculations and clearly highlight the optimum
level
d. How much profit/loss can the manager of the
firm expect to earn?
e. The fixed costs rise to $4,000. What is the
effect of such an increase? Explain.