Loose-leaf Version for Modern Principles of Microeconomics & LaunchPad (Six Month Access)
Loose-leaf Version for Modern Principles of Microeconomics & LaunchPad (Six Month Access)
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781319036065
Author: Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 13, Problem 1FT
To determine

Marginal revenue curve.

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Marginal revenue curve and profit maximizing level of price and quantity are shown in a figure.

Figure 1 shows profit maximizing price, quantity and deadweight loss.

Loose-leaf Version for Modern Principles of Microeconomics & LaunchPad (Six Month Access), Chapter 13, Problem 1FT

In figure 1, the vertical axis measure price and horizontal axis measure quantity. The downward sloping curve “D” is the demand curve and downward sloping curve “MR” is the marginal revenue curve. “P” is the profit maximizing price and “Q” is the profit maximizing quantity. The profit earned is shown in dark shaded rectangle in the figure. Deadweight loss created is shown in the light shaded triangle “abc”. The deadweight loss is the decrease in the total surplus caused by markets distortions or market inefficiency. The profit earned is shown in dark shaded rectangle in the figure.

Economics Concept Introduction

Concept introduction:

Marginal revenue curve: Marginal revenue curve shows the additional revenue that will be generated by increasing product sales by one unit.

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