The table below shows the total cost and marginal cost for Chrissy's Costumes, a perfectly competitive firm producing different quantities of children's costumes. The market price of costumes is $12.00. Chrissy's Costs of ProductionQuantity (costumes) Average Total Cost (dollars) Marginal Cost (dollars)100 $8.00 $7.50200 7.50 6.50300 7.00 7.00400 9.00 12.00500 12.00 15.00600 15.00 17.00 Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. a. If the market price is $12.00 per costume, how many costumes should Chrissy's Costumes make? costumes b. If the market price for costumes falls to $7.00 per costume, how many costumes should Chrissy's Costumes make now? costumes
Question
The table below shows the total cost and marginal cost for Chrissy's Costumes, a perfectly competitive firm producing different quantities of children's costumes. The market price of costumes is 8.00 12.00 per costume, how many costumes should Chrissy's Costumes make? costumes b. If the market price for costumes falls to $7.00 per costume, how many costumes should Chrissy's Costumes make now? costumes
Solution
a. Chrissy's Costumes should make 400 costumes. This is because the market price ($12.00) is equal to the marginal cost at this quantity. In a perfectly competitive market, a firm maximizes its profit by producing up to the point where the market price equals the marginal cost.
b. If the market price falls to 7.00) is equal to the marginal cost at this quantity. Again, in a perfectly competitive market, a firm maximizes its profit by producing up to the point where the market price equals the marginal cost.
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