In: Economics
Price (P) |
Quantity (Q) |
Revenue |
Marginal Revenue |
20 |
0 |
||
18 |
2 |
||
16 |
4 |
||
14 |
6 |
||
12 |
8 |
||
10 |
10 |
||
8 |
12 |
||
6 |
14 |
||
4 |
16 |
||
2 |
18 |
||
0 |
20 |
(a) Based on the information above write down the demand equation.
(b) Write down the marginal revenue equation.
(c) Given that the marginal cost is Q, what would be the profit maximizing level of Q?
(d) What would be the profit maximizing level of P?
(e) What would be the price elasticity at the profit maximizing P?
(f) What would be the maximized profit?
(g) Draw a well-labeled graph that shows your answers from questions (a)-(f).
(a) The demand equation would be
, which represents a standard linear equation supposing that P is
on vertical axis and Q on horizontal axis. For Q=0, we have
, meaning that a=20. The b is slope as
or
or
. Hence, the demand equation would be
or
.
Under statistical procedure, we would have
,
,
, and
. By the OLS method, we would have
, and
.
(b) The MR equation can be derived from the
demand equation. The total revenue would be
or
or
. The MR would be
or
or
.
(c) The profit maximizing level would be where
the MC is equal to the MR, ie where
or
or
or
units.
(d) The corresponding profit maximizing level
of P would be
or
or
dollars.
(e) The price elasticity would be
or
or
or
. At the profit maximizing level, the elasticity would be
or
or
.
(f) The cost would be
or
or
, supposing no fixed cost. The profit would be
or
. At the profit maximizing level, we have
or
or
or
dollars.
(g) The graph and table would be as below. Note
that
.
P | Q | TR | MR |
20 | 0 | 0 | - |
18 | 2 | 36 | 18 |
16 | 4 | 64 | 14 |
14 | 6 | 84 | 10 |
12 | 8 | 96 | 6 |
10 | 10 | 100 | 2 |
8 | 12 | 96 | -2 |
6 | 14 | 84 | -6 |
4 | 16 | 64 | -10 |
2 | 18 | 36 | -14 |
0 | 20 | 0 | -18 |