Farmer Brown grows peaches in Georgia. Suppose the market for peaches is perfectly competitive and that the market price for a box of peaches is $74 per box. Farmer Brown's marginal cost of production is illustrated in the table.Market Price(per box)Boxes ofMarginalPeachesCost (MC)$747412.00746.0018.0037447436.0072.00108.00574674What price will farmer Brown charge when maximizing profit?Farmer Brown will charge a price of $ per box of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.)What is farmer Brown's profit-maximizing level of output?Farmer Brown maximizes profit when producing boxes of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.)

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Brown grows peaches in Georgia. Suppose the market for peaches is perfecty competitive and that the market price for a box of peaches is $74 per box. Farmer Brown's marginal cost of production is illustrated in the table. Market Price Boxes of Peaches Marginal Cost (MC) (per box) $74 74 12.00 74 6.00 3 74 18.00 74 36.00 72.00 5 74 6 74 108.00 What price will farmer Brown charge when maximizing profit? Farmer Brown will charge a price of $ per box of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.) What is farmer Brown's profit-maximizing level of output? Farmer Brown maximizes profit when producing boxes of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.)

Brown grows peaches in Georgia. Suppose the market for peaches is perfecty competitive and that the market price for a box of peaches is $74 per box. Farmer Brown's marginal cost of production is illustrated in the table. Market Price Boxes of Peaches Marginal Cost (MC) (per box) $74 74 12.00 74 6.00 3 74 18.00 74 36.00 72.00 5 74 6 74 108.00 What price will farmer Brown charge when maximizing profit? Farmer Brown will charge a price of $ per box of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.) What is farmer Brown's profit-maximizing level of output? Farmer Brown maximizes profit when producing boxes of peaches. (Enter your response as an integer.)

Principles of Microeconomics

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Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter14: Firms In Competitive Markets

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