Suppose a monopolist’s profit-maximizing output is 400 units per week and that the firm sells its output at a price of $100 per unit. The firm has total costs of $8,000 per week. Assume the monopolist is maximizing its profit and earns $50 per unit from the sale of the last unit produced each week. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. a. What are the firm's weekly economic profits? $ b. What is the firm's marginal cost? $ c. What is the firm's average total cost? $
Question
Suppose a monopolist’s profit-maximizing output is 400 units per week and that the firm sells its output at a price of 8,000 per week. Assume the monopolist is maximizing its profit and earns b. What is the firm's marginal cost?
Solution
a. The firm's weekly economic profits can be calculated by subtracting the total costs from the total revenue. The total revenue is the price per unit times the quantity sold, which is 40,000. Subtracting the total costs of 40,000 - 32,000. So, the firm's weekly economic profits are $32,000.
b. The firm's marginal cost is the cost of producing one more unit. In this case, it is given that the firm earns 100, the marginal cost is 50 = $50.
c. The firm's average total cost is the total cost divided by the quantity produced. So, 20. Therefore, the firm's average total cost is $20.
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