Exercise-Universal Shampoo is a price taker firm. Its costs are: Output (Shampoo per hour) Total Cost ($ per hour) 0 10 1 21 2 30 3 41 4 54 5 69 a. Calculate Universal’s profit-maximizing output and economic profit if the market price is (i) $14 a shampoo. (ii) $12 a shampoo (iii) $10 a shampoo
Exercise-Universal Shampoo is a price taker firm. Its costs are: Output (Shampoo per hour) Total Cost ($ per hour) 0 10 1 21 2 30 3 41 4 54 5 69 a. Calculate Universal’s profit-maximizing output and economic profit if the market price is (i) $14 a shampoo. (ii) $12 a shampoo (iii) $10 a shampoo
Chapter23: Profit Maximization
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Exercise-Universal Shampoo is a
Output (Shampoo per hour) | Total Cost ($ per hour) |
0 | 10 |
1 | 21 |
2 | 30 |
3 | 41 |
4 | 54 |
5 | 69 |
a. Calculate Universal’s profit-maximizing output and economic profit if the market price is
(i) $14 a shampoo.
(ii) $12 a shampoo
(iii) $10 a shampoo
b. What is Universal’s shutdown point and its economic profit if it shuts down temporarily?
c. At what price will firms with costs identical to Universal’s exit the Shampoo market in the long run?
id. At what price will firms with costs identical to Universal’s enter the Shampoo market in the long run?
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