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What is the formula for total revenue?

Total Revenue = Quantity sold − Price

Total Revenue = Price + Quantity sold

Total Revenue = Price ÷ Quantity sold

Total Revenue = Price × Quantity sold (correct)

Which equation represents profit?

Profit = Total Cost − Total Revenue

Profit = Total Revenue − Total Cost (correct)

Profit = Total Revenue + Total Cost

Profit = Total Revenue × Total Cost

At a market price of $72, what is the profit at Q = 50?

Profit is variable.

Profit is zero.

Profit is maximized. (correct)

Profit could be negative.

Which worker yielded the highest marginal product based on the given outputs?

the second worker Signup and view all the answers

When do economists believe products differ in value?

When consumers believe they are different. Signup and view all the answers

What principle is used to determine the optimal amount of an activity?

Marginal benefit equals marginal cost. Signup and view all the answers

What does an increase in the quantity of a specific input, while holding all other inputs fixed, lead to in terms of output?

Diminishing marginal returns Signup and view all the answers

Based on the outputs provided, what is the marginal product of the third worker?

11 baskets Signup and view all the answers

How does the marginal product of the fourth worker compare to the previous workers?

Lower than the third worker Signup and view all the answers

What is the total output when four workers are used?

50 baskets Signup and view all the answers

If marginal product decreases with each additional worker, what phenomenon is occurring?

Diminishing returns to an input Signup and view all the answers

Which worker's contribution does not significantly change the total output when added?

the fourth worker Signup and view all the answers

In terms of productivity, which aspect can marginal product directly affect?

Scale of production Signup and view all the answers

What is the average total cost when 5 cases of salsa are produced?

$81.60 Signup and view all the answers

At which quantity does the average total cost begin to increase according to the table?

7 Signup and view all the answers

What is the average fixed cost per case when 3 cases of salsa are produced?

$27.00 Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the average variable cost at 7 cases of salsa?

Increases to $15.43 Signup and view all the answers

Which average total cost is recorded for 10 cases of salsa?

$120.00 Signup and view all the answers

How much is the average total cost for producing one case of salsa?

$120.00 Signup and view all the answers

What trend can be observed in average total cost as quantity increases up to 6 cases?

Decreases initially, then increases Signup and view all the answers

What is the average variable cost for the production of 2 cases of salsa?

$24.00 Signup and view all the answers

Considering the average costs, what is the average total cost at 9 cases?

$108.00 Signup and view all the answers

What is the average total cost for producing 8 cases of salsa?

$109.50 Signup and view all the answers

What should a firm do if marginal revenue (MR) is greater than marginal cost (MC)?

Increase production to maximize profit Signup and view all the answers

When is profit maximized in a competitive market?

When price (P) equals marginal cost (MC) Signup and view all the answers

If a firm produces at a level where MR < MC, what can it conclude?

It should decrease production to improve profitability Signup and view all the answers

What does it indicate if producing another unit results in extra costs exceeding extra revenues?

The firm should reduce or stop production Signup and view all the answers

How does the price-taking firm determine its optimal output level?

By choosing the quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost Signup and view all the answers

What happens to profit if the firm continues to produce beyond the quantity where MR = MC?

Profit decreases as costs rise faster than revenues Signup and view all the answers

What occurs if a firm consistently produces at a level where MC is greater than MR?

Profit will decline Signup and view all the answers

If a firm is in a competitive market and raises its price above market equilibrium, what is likely to happen?

The firm will sell fewer units than before Signup and view all the answers

What condition must be met for a firm to continue operating in the short run?

The market price must cover at least variable costs. Signup and view all the answers

What happens if the market price falls below the shut-down price?

The firm will stop producing in the short run. Signup and view all the answers

If a firm is earning normal profits, what does this indicate about its financial situation?

The firm's total revenue equals its total costs. Signup and view all the answers

At what point do firms break even in terms of profitability?

When P = minimum ATC. Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the marginal cost curve and a firm's supply curve?

The supply curve reflects the marginal cost above the shut-down price. Signup and view all the answers

What results when the price is greater than the minimum average total cost?

The firm is profitable and may attract new entrants. Signup and view all the answers

What effect does an increase in fixed cost have on a firm's ability to cover costs?

It has no effect on short-term production decisions. Signup and view all the answers

When a firm is unprofitable, what can be inferred about its market price in relation to average total cost?

The market price is below minimum average total cost. Signup and view all the answers

What effect does increasing production have on a monopolist's revenue?

It can both increase and decrease total revenue. Signup and view all the answers

Why is a monopolist's marginal revenue curve always below the demand curve?

The monopolist must decrease the price for all units to sell an additional unit. Signup and view all the answers

In the given scenario, what is the marginal revenue when the monopolist increases output from 5 to 6 units?

$1 Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between price, quantity sold, and marginal revenue for a monopolist?

Lowering price on all units sold can reduce marginal revenue. Signup and view all the answers

If a monopolist is selling 5 units at $5 each, which of the following is true when it sells an additional unit?

Total revenue will decrease due to the price effect. Signup and view all the answers

What is the likely outcome when a monopolist sells an additional unit by reducing the price?

Total revenue may decrease depending on the size of the price cut. Signup and view all the answers

Given that the price decreases when moving from 5 units to 6 units, what generally happens to total revenue?

Total revenue might increase or decrease. Signup and view all the answers

What should a monopolist consider when analyzing marginal revenue with an increase in output?

Both quantity effect and price effect are important. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Introduction to Economics

Economics is the study of how societies allocate scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants.
Scarcity is a fundamental economic problem: Limited resources (land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship) cannot fulfill every human want.
Microeconomics examines the behavior of individual economic agents (consumers, firms) and markets.
Macroeconomics examines the overall performance of the economy as a whole.

Supply and Demand

Supply: The relationship between the price of a good and the quantity producers are willing to offer for sale.
Demand: The relationship between the price of a good and the quantity consumers are willing to purchase.
Supply and demand curves illustrate the interplay between buyers and sellers in a market.
Equilibrium price and quantity: The point where supply and demand curves intersect. At that point, the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied.
Changes in supply and demand: Shifts in either curve cause changes in equilibrium price and quantity.
Factors that shift demand: Prices of related goods, income, tastes and preferences, expectations, number of buyers.
Factors that shift supply: Prices of inputs, technology, expected future prices, natural disasters, number of producers.

Production and Costs

Production function: The relationship between the inputs a firm uses and the output it produces.
Short-run: A period where at least one input is fixed.
Variable input: An input whose quantity can be changed.
Fixed input: An input whose quantity cannot be changed.
Long-run: A period where all inputs can be varied.
Total product: the total output from a given number of inputs.
Marginal product: The additional output generated by an additional unit of input.
Diminishing marginal returns: As more of a variable input is added, holding other inputs fixed, the marginal product eventually decreases.
Cost curves: Graphic representations of a firm's costs.
Fixed costs: Costs that do not vary with the quantity of output.
Variable costs: Costs that vary with the quantity of output.
Total cost: Fixed costs plus variable costs.
Marginal cost: The additional cost generated by producing one more unit of output.
Average total cost: Total cost divided by the quantity of output.

Firm Behavior and the Competitive Market

Perfectly competitive market: A market with many buyers and sellers, identical products, free entry and exit.
Marginal revenue (MR): The change in total revenue from selling one more unit.
Profit maximization: Firms produce where MR = MC (marginal revenue equals marginal cost) to maximize profits.
Shut-down price: The price below which production is unprofitable in the short-run.

Imperfect Competition

Monopoly: A market with a single seller of a unique product with no close substitutes.
Oligopoly: A market with a small number of firms producing similar or identical products; their decisions depend on each other's actions.
Monopolistic competition: Many firms, differentiated products, free entry and exit.
Barriers to entry: Conditions that make it difficult for firms to enter a market.
Increasing returns to scale (economies of scale): When average costs fall as output increases.
Price leadership: A strategy where one dominant firm sets the price, and other firms follow.
Collusion: When firms cooperate to raise profits.
Game theory: A set of analytical tools used to study strategic behavior where the players' decisions are interdependent.
Nash equilibrium: Each player's strategy is the best response to the expected strategies of other players.
Dominant strategy: A strategy that yields the highest payoff for a player regardless of the strategies chosen by other players.

Market Structure and Regulation

Governments use antitrust policies to limit the potentially anti-competitive behavior of firms in markets characterized by imperfect competition.
Price discrimination: Firms charge different prices to different customers for the same product.
Perfect price discrimination: Firms charge each customer the maximum price they are willing to pay.

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