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Amanda keeps bees to produce honey. Each hive produces $300 worth of honey each month. The table below shows Amanda’s marginal cost of tending each bee hive and her private marginal benefit, which is equal to the market value of the honey each hive produces. Marginal Cost and Marginal BenefitQuantity (hives) MCprivate MBprivate MBexternal MBsocial1 $100 $300 $ $ 2 200 300 3 300 300 4 400 300 5 500 300

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Amanda keeps bees to produce honey. Each hive produces 300worthofhoneyeachmonth. ThetablebelowshowsAmanda’smarginalcostoftendingeachbeehiveandherprivatemarginalbenefit,whichisequaltothemarketvalueofthehoneyeachhiveproduces. MarginalCostandMarginalBenefitQuantity(hives)MCprivateMBprivateMBexternalMBsocial1300 worth of honey each month. The table below shows Amanda’s marginal cost of tending each bee hive and her private marginal benefit, which is equal to the market value of the honey each hive produces. Marginal Cost and Marginal BenefitQuantity (hives) MCprivate MBprivate MBexternal MBsocial1 100 300300 $ 2 200 300 3 300 300 4 400 300 5 500 300

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  1. Identify the quantity of hives and their corresponding marginal costs and benefits. From the table, we can see that the marginal cost increases by 100foreachadditionalhive,whilethemarginalbenefitremainsconstantat100 for each additional hive, while the marginal benefit remains constant at 300.

  2. To calculate the net benefit (or profit), subtract the marginal cost from the marginal benefit for each quantity of hives. For example, for one hive, the net benefit would be 300(MB)−300 (MB) - 100 (MC) = $200.

  3. Repeat this calculation for each quantity of hives. For two hives, the net benefit would be 300(MB)−300 (MB) - 200 (MC) = $100, and so on.

  4. The optimal number of hives for Amanda to keep would be the quantity at which the net benefit is maximized. In this case, it would be one hive, as the net benefit starts to decrease with each additional hive.

Please note that this analysis assumes that the marginal external benefit and the social marginal benefit are not considered. If they were, they would be added to the private marginal benefit to get the total marginal benefit, which could potentially change the optimal number of hives.

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