Question 11 Price/Cost 50 40 30 20 10 ATCAVC 10 20 30 40 Quantity 50 Figure 9.6 At a market price of $20, this perfectly competitive firm should produce approximately ____ units. 30 35 40 45

12 st L8 Get & Transform Data 4 6 7 1 2 Available Product 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 A 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 All :X ✓ fx B Pounds made Workbook Links Queries & Connections 3000 Flour (ounce) 1500 Egg (piece) 4500 Labor (man-hour) Unit Price Variable Cost Demand UCM Adiucted C 3.2 1.5 6 D $12.50 $6.50 960 $6.00 2.6 1.5 5 Data Types $11.00 $5.70 928 $5.30 E 1.5 1 4 <1 $9.00 $3.60 1041 $5.40 F 0 0 0 0 Banana Muffin Choc Muffin Banana Cookies Choc Cookies Milk Bread White Bread 0.7 0.3 0.5 0 2.5 1.5 $6.00 $3.00 $2.20 $1.20 1084 1055 $3.80 $1.80 AV 0 0.8 1 3 G $7.00 $2.80 977 $4.20 Sort & Filter H Advanced 0

Price per unit 19 333 a b C A d MC Uhits of output Figure 9.7 This firm will earn positive profits when price is above point ATC AVC 9

MC ATC S Unit A 1.20 1.05 .90 60 AVC 15 20 35 Output rate The above diagram shows the cost curves for a competitive firm. Which of the following is correct? If price is $0.90, firm makes economic loss but continue to operate Shut down point is where price is $0.90. If Price exceeds $0.60, firm continue to produce even under economics loss If Price falls below $0.60, firm will continue to produce even under economics loss

A computer company produces affordable, easyto-use home computer systems and has fixed costs of$250. The marginal cost of producing computers is $700for the first computer, $250 for the second, $300 for thethird, $350 for the fourth, $400 for the fifth, $450 for thesixth, and $500 for the seventh.a. Create a table that shows the company’s output,total cost, marginal cost, average cost, variablecost, and average variable cost.b. At what price is the zero-profit point? At whatprice is the shutdown point?c. If the company sells the computers for $500, is itmaking a profit or a loss? How big is the profitor loss? Sketch a graph with AC, MC, and AVCcurves to illustrate your answer and show theprofit or loss.d. If the firm sells the computers for $300, is itmaking a profit or a loss? How big is the profitor loss? Sketch a graph with AC, MC, and AVCcurves to illustrate your answer and show theprofit or loss.

2. To answer the following questions, use the image below, which presents cost information for Karol's Lobsters Inc. 10 MC ATC 4 AVC 3 2 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 8D 90 100 Quanlily of Lobslers (1000)

After one month of operation, OU Café determined to shorten its business hours and close on weekends. What costs, fixed or variable, should OU Café have considered when it made the

Output TFC TVC TC MC ATC A 25 25 ---- -- ------- 1 25 25 50 25 50 C 2 25 40 65 32.5 3 25 70 95 E 4 25 110 33.75 F 5 25 160 50 What is the marginal cost of the 2nd unit of output? Cannot be determined. 15 25 30 O O O O

Time left 0:3301 The diagram illustrates the demand curve, isoprofit curves and the marginal cost curve of M02020, a luxury car manufactured by MQ Motors Assume that MQ Motors currently chooses to operate at Point E. Which statement correctly describes the market of MQ20207 10,000 Price, marginal cost (5) P-55,440 Select one 0 0 10 20 Q-32 Q₂ Quantity of cars, Q Marginal cost hoprofit curve $150,000 Ropret ove $63.360 Demand turve 120 Oa Total surplus is not being masmedi Ob. Deadweight loss is the loss incurred by MQ Motors for not selling more cars Oc All possible gains from trade are being achieved as MG Motors operates at its profit maximising output and price Od. The amount of consumer surplus is the area ADP O Pareto efficient allocation is currently being achieved

The diagram shows the price, marginal cost and average cost curves facing a perfectly competitive firm in the short run. What is the total revenue of the profit maximising firm in the short run? a) R720 b) R800 c) R960 d) R2 000 20 2 Cost, price (Rand) MC I 100 60 80 Output per day AC AVC Price