a) Revenue and profit at each output rate by referring to the below data.
b) What is the profit maximizing rate of output?
c) Calculate the dry cleaner’s marginal revenue and marginal cost at each output level. What is the profit maximizing output level?
Output (Suits cleaned) | Total Costs ($) | |
0 | 8.00 | 3.00 |
1 | 7.50 | 6.00 |
2 | 7.00 | 8.50 |
3 | 6.50 | 10.50 |
4 | 6.00 | 11.50 |
5 | 5.50 | 13.50 |
6 | 5.00 | 16.00 |
7 | 4.50 | 19.00 |
8 | 4.00 | 24.00 |
Concept introduction:
Revenue: Total amount received through product sales.
Profit: Profit is the difference between total revenue earned by selling the product and total cost incurred by producing them.
Marginal revenue:
Marginal revenue is the extra revenue earned by selling an extra product unit.
Marginal cost:
Marginal cost is the extra cost incurred by producing one extra unit of the commodity.
Topic name and a short description about it: Profit maximization under
Answer:
- Revenue = Price * output Profit = Revenue -Total cost
- Profit is maximized at the level of 5th and 6th unit of the output
- For a monopoly, the profit is maximized at the level of output where marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. Therefore, from the table in answer (c) we can see it at the 6th unit of the output.
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