Mo owns a Coffee truck which operates in a perfectly competitive industry. He faces the following cost schedule (notice that his coffee maker makes ten cups at a time, and that he has a daily fixed cost of operating the truck).  If the market price of a cup of coffee is $2.50, what Q would a profit-maximizer choose to produce? (Hint: compute MR and MC at each Q)

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Mo owns a Coffee truck which operates in a perfectly competitive industry. He faces the following cost schedule (notice that his coffee maker makes ten cups at a time, and that he has a daily fixed cost of operating the truck).  If the market price of a cup of coffee is $2.50, what Q would a profit-maximizer choose to produce? (Hint: compute MR and MC at each Q)

 

 

Q

TC

0

$30

10

$50 

20

$63 

30

$73 

40

$78 

50

$95 

60

$120 

 















 

Select one:
a.

50

b.

40

c.

60

d.

30

e.

20

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