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- 4 The Competitive Equilibrium Model—Deriving Supply] Negar owns a trendy and sustainable shoe factory. The total cost of producing a given number of pairs of shoes is displayed in the table below. Assume Negar can only produce the integer quantities of pairs of shoes specified in the table. Number of pairs Total Cost 0 400 10 410 20 430 30 460 40 500 50 580 60 680 70 800 b. Draw the supply curve for Negar’s shoe factory. c. Suppose the wholesale market for shoes that sell to retail stores is competitive, with a market price of $10 per pair (i.e., $100 per 10 pairs). If Negar’s goal is to maximize profits, how many pairs will she choose to sell? d. What are Negar’s profits when she sells the number of pairs from (c) at the market price of $10? e. Calculate Negar’s producer surplus given the price and quantity from part (c). How does this compare to the profit calculated in part (d)?Suppose that the market for chicken momos is perfectly competitive with ten firms producing momos. Tasty treat is one of the ten price-takers in the market for momos. The accompanying tables show the demand schedule for momos in Dhaka and cost schedule for "Tasty Treat". DEMAND SCHEDULE Price (BDT per plate) Quantity demanded (plate per hour) 10 900 25 675 30 600 40 450 50 300 70 0 COST SCHEDULE OF TASTY TREAT Output (plate per hour) Marginal Cost (BDT per extra plate) Average Variable Cost (BDT per plate) Average total cost (BDT per plate) 40 20 25 90 50 10 10 75 60 30 20 55 70 50 23 50 80 70 35 60 90 85 50 77 a) What is the value of the shut-down price and break-even price for Tasty Treat?How did you figure that out?b) Write down the individual supply schedule of chicken momos for Tasty Treat and the industry supply schedule for chicken momos.c) Plot the market demand and supply curves for chicken momos and find the equilibrium price and…COURSE: MICROECONOMICS - Bertrand's ModelAssume that a market is supplied by 2 companies, whose total costs are: CTi = 100Respective demand of each is: q1 = 120 - 2p1 + p2 and q2 = 120 - 2p2 + p1It is requested to:(a) calculate the firms' profit and reaction function.(b) plot the market equilibrium price and reaction function(d) calculate equilibrium quantity produced by each firm(e) determine profits that both firms will have at equilibrium.
- 1. Mzanzi-Ndizvo (Pty) is a vaccine manufacturing company that has the following costs ofproduction. Cost of capital is R50 000, labour cost is R30 000, and the total cost the firm is willing to pay is R300,000. Identify the type of this production function and Illustrate it with a 2D graph. 2. If the demand and supply curve for cell phones is given by: D = 80 - 4P, S = 40 + 6P In a market with a price of P for smartphones, compute the number of phones that would be bought and sold at equilibrium.Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion Which of the following characteristic(s) does not describe a competitive market? 1. A market where firms can freely enter or exit the market. 2. A market where firms sell a differentiated product. 3. A market with few buyers and sellers. 4. A market where firms sell a nearly identical product. Choices A.2 and 3 B.1, 2 and 3 C.1, 3, and 44 Two firms (A and B) sell identical products. They move at the same time. Demand in the market is P = 400 - (QA + QB). Firm A has costs C(QA) = 5,000 and MCA = 0. Firm B has costs C(QB) = 5,000 + 50QB and MCB = 50. Firm i's marginal revenue function is MRi = 400 - 2Qi - Q-i. In price competition, what will be the equilibrium price of the products sold? In price competition, what quantity will firm A produce? B produce? In price competition, how much profit firm A earn? B earn? In quantity competition, what quantity will firm A produce? B produce? In quantity competition, what will be the equilibrium price? How much profit will A earn? B earn?
- 25) Refer to Table 8.5. If Phoebe produces four swords, her average fixed costs areA) $2. B) $10. C) $12.50. D) $50.26) Refer to Table 8.5. Assume that Phoebe is producing swords in a perfectly competitive market and the market price for swords is $30. To maximize profits Phoebe should produce ________ swords.A) two B) three C) four D) fivea) Suppose a firm A produces a product q, but also pollution x that affects a second firm B. Firm A is a competitive firm and faces an equilibrium price of £12 for its product. The cost function of firm A is C_A (q,x)=q^2+〖(x-4)〗^2. . Firm B is a competitive firm and faces an equilibrium price of £10. Firm B’s cost function is C_B (r,x)=r^2+xr . Compute the equilibrium prices and quantities and the profits of the two separate, competitive firms. Interpret the first order conditions. Explain. b) Compute the social optimum, that is, the equilibrium prices, quantities, and profit when firm A and B are merged. Interpret the conditions and compare it to the solution in (a). Explain. c) Devise a quantity tax on product q for firm A in (a) such that the government can restore the social optimum in (b). d) Discuss other methods the government can use to restore the…Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion Sort the following characteristics by whether they describe competitive markets, firms that can perfectly price-discriminate, both, or neither. maximize total surplus result in some deadweight loss zero economic profit in the long run eliminate consumer surplus
- Exercise 5.6 Sparkle is one firm of many in the market for toothpaste, which is in long-run equilibrium. a. Draw a diagram showing Sparkle’s demand curve, marginal revenue curve, average total cost curve and marginal cost curve. Label Sparkle’s profit-maximizing output and price. b. What is Sparkle’s profit? Explain. c. On your diagram, show the consumer surplus derived from the purchase of Sparkle toothpaste. Also show the deadweight loss relative to the efficient level of output. d. If the government forced Sparkle to produce the efficient level of output, what would happen to the firm? What would happen to Sparkle’s customers?Use the table below to answer the question. The Waco Kid's Cowboy Hats Marginal Cost (dollars) 1st hat $24 2nd hat 30 3rd hat 38 4th hat 46 The table above lists the marginal cost of cowboy hats by The Waco Kid, a firm that specializes in producing western wear. If the market price of The Waco Kid's cowboy hats is $40, then Group of answer choices: producer surplus will equal $28. there will be a surplus; as a result, the price will fall to $24. producer surplus will equal $24. producer surplus from the first hat will equal $40.Asap plz 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 ?
