Jack scalps lawns in the neighborhood for $36 per house. He does ten houses per day. He is incurring total costs of $400 per day, of which $100 is fixed. The marginal cost per house is constant. (i) What is the value of the marginal cost associated with scalping the lawn of one house? (ii) What are profits equal to at the profit-maximizing level of output?.

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Jack scalps lawns in the neighborhood for $36 per house. He does ten houses per day. He is incurring total costs of $400 per day, of which $100 is fixed. The marginal cost per house is constant.

(i) What is the value of the marginal cost associated with scalping the lawn of one house?

(ii) What are profits equal to at the profit-maximizing level of output?.

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