Price, cost of bushel $30 MC 26 22 ATC 18 14 10 Break-even price 2 1 4. 6. Quantity of tomatoes (bushels) Look at the figure Total Cost for Tomato Producers. The market for tomatoes is perfectly competitive. The market price of a bushel of tomatoes is $14. The farmer's total cost at the profit-maximizing number of bushels is: O $3.50. $14.00. $56.00. O $72.00. O None of these options is correct.

Output 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 AFC $ 300 150 100 75 60 50 43 38 33 30 Multiple Choice AVC $ 100 75 production of 4 units. produce 6 units. shut down. 70 73 80 90 103 119 138 160 The accompanying table shows cost data for a firm that is selling in a purely competitive market. If the market price for the firm's product is $80, the firm will produce 5 units. ATC $ 400 225 170 148 140 140 146 156 171 190 MC $100 50 60 80 110 140 180 230 290 360

12. A firm faces the following demand and total cost schedules, with all quantities listed on a per-month basis. Suppose that it is required to produce a whole number of items each month. Demand P ($) 20 18 15 12 8 1 2 3 4 5 Total Cost Q 1 2 3 4 5 TC ($) 5 15 30 50 75 a. How much does the firm produce, and at what price? How do you know? b. Suppose that the firm is subject to an excise tax of $5 per item sold. How much does it produce, and at what price? How do you know?

Principles of Microeconomics Name: Homework #3 Prof. R. Harris DUE: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the beginning of class - NO EXCEPTIONS. Please remember to show all work and please be neat. Please staple this if you print it on your own. 1. Consider the following table of numbers, which represents demand and cost conditions for a com firm. petitive TR 600 0 1 2 $o $400 600 $400 $240 600 $430 $670 $960 $1,350 $1,840 $2,440 $3,120 $3,910 $4,800 600 600 600 600 600 600 5 6 7 600 600 9 10 (a) Fill in the missing values (b) Use the information in the chart to determine what level of output the firm should produce. Explain your reasoning.