Suppose a monopolist’s profit-maximizing output is 200 units per week and that the firm sells its output at a price of $60 per unit. The firm has total costs of $9,000 per week. Assume the monopolist is maximizing its profit and earns $30 per unit from the sale of the last unit produced each week.   Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.   a. What are the firm's weekly economic profits?        $    b. What is the firm's marginal cost?        $    c. What is the firm's average total cost?        $

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Suppose a monopolist’s profit-maximizing output is 200 units per week and that the firm sells its output at a price of $60 per unit. The firm has total costs of $9,000 per week. Assume the monopolist is maximizing its profit and earns $30 per unit from the sale of the last unit produced each week.

 

Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.

 

a. What are the firm's weekly economic profits?

 

     $ 

 

b. What is the firm's marginal cost?

 

     $ 

 

c. What is the firm's average total cost?

 

     $ 

 
 
 
 
 
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