1) A food industry is made up of 100 identical companies. Each firm has a short-run cost function which is the square of its output, which is SC = 0.5 q2 + 10q + 5. If the total market demand for the food is Q = 1100 – 50P, Questions: a. Calculate and Draw a graph showing the market point equilibrium b. Calculate how much is the consumer surplus? c. Calculate how much is the producer surplus ?

1) A food industry is made up of 100 identical companies. Each firm has a short-run cost function which is the square of its output, which is SC = 0.5 q2 + 10q + 5. If the total market demand for the food is Q = 1100 – 50P, Questions: a. Calculate and Draw a graph showing the market point equilibrium b. Calculate how much is the consumer surplus? c. Calculate how much is the producer surplus ?

ECON MICRO

5th Edition

ISBN:9781337000536

Author:William A. McEachern

Publisher:William A. McEachern

Chapter8: Perfect Competition

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 7.15P

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