Section iV: Problems 19. Suppose there is a competitive industry in which, at this market supply...
Suppose that a particular firm is in a perfectly competitive constant-cost industry. When it is using the optimal amount of capital for the long-run, total cost is C(q)=1000+(q2/10), ATC(q)=(1000/q)+q/10, and marginal cost is MC(q)=2q/10. This implies that ATC=MC at a quantity of 100 and a per unit cost of $20. 1. At what quantity is average total cost minimized? 2. What is the long-run competitive equilibrium price? 3. If market demand is QD=12,000-200P and short-run market supply is QS=300P, what...
A firm operates in a perfectly competitive industry. Suppose it has a short run total cost function given by TC = 1200 + 2Q + 0.03Q2. If the market price is $38, what is the firm’s profit maximizing quantity?
Suppose that each firm in a competitive industry has the following costs: Total Cost: TC= 50+1/2 q^2 Marginal Cost: MC= q where qq is an individual firm's quantity produced. The market demand curve for this product is Demand QD=160−4PQD=160−4P where PP is the price and QQ is the total quantity of the good. Each firm's fixed cost is $_____ What is each firm's variable cost? q 50+1/2 q 1/2q 1/2q^2 Which of the following represents the equation for each firm's...
Econ 308 Fall 2019 Assignment 5 Deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 10th, 2019 1. Suppose a firm's total cost function is given by TC = 6,000 + 20 +0.250, where MC- 2 +0.50 a. What is the output level that minimizes total cost? b. What is the output level that minimizes average total cost? 2. A perfectly competitive industry in long-run equilibrium comprises 200 identical firms. In one of the firms, the workers unionize and receive a 20% wage increase. What happens...
2. A firm operates in a perfectly competitive industry. Suppose it has a short run total cost function given by TC= 10000 +0.04q?. If the market price is 56, the firm's profit-maximizing quantity is?
1. Suppose that a firm operating in perfectly competitive industry has short-run cost function given by C(q) = 5+2q+9. The market price is $10. (a) What is the profit-maximizing output level for this firm? (b) What is the firm's total revenue and profits at the profit-maximizing output? (c) What is the minimum price at which the firm will produce a positive level of output in the short run?
Firms in a competitive market can sell as much as they like at a market price of $16. The cost function for each firm is TC = 50 + 4Q + 2Q^2 The associated marginal cost function is MC = 4 + 4Q and the point of minimum average cost is Q = 5. Using the profit maximizing rule, find the short-run profit at the profit maximizing quantity.
Suppose there is a perfectly competitive industry where all the firms are identical with identical cost curves. Furthermore, suppose that a representative firm’s total cost is given by the equation TC = 100 + q2 + q where q is the quantity of output produced by the firm. You also know that the market demand for this product is given by the equation P = 900 - 2Q where Q is the market quantity. In addition, you are told that...
1. Suppose firms in a perfectly competitive, constant cost (i.e., flat LR supply curve), industry face monthly demand given by Qp = 1000 - P and have access to a production technology that yields a cost function TC(Q:) = 40? + 100Qi + 100 where Q denotes units produced per month. Assume the only difference between short-run and long-run costs is T C(0) = 100 in the short run and TC(O) = 0 in the long run (which is consistent...
4. (a) If a competitive industry faces an increase in demand, what are the steps by which a competitive market ensures increased output? (b) Assume that a competitive firm's Total Cost of producing output q is given by TC(Q)-3 + 3q + q2 . Assume that the market price of the firm's product is e. What level of output will the firm produce? What is the firm's profit? Will the firm be earning a positive, negative, or zero profit in...