Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Direction: Solve the problems on the space provided after each number. Show your solutions. You can submit using messenger or using your VLE account. Take a photo of your answers if using messenger to submit. If using VLE, encode your answers and send as file.
- If profit is maximum at sales of 700 units, does the firm have no choice but to limit sales at this level? Explain your answer.
- A business firm produces and sells a particular product. Variable cost is P30/unit. Selling
price is P40 per unit. Fixed cost is P60,000. - What is the break-even quantity and break-even point? Show your solution.
- A manager makes the statement that output should be expanded as long as average revenue exceeds average cost. Does this strategy make sense? Explain.
- Suppose that the steel firm’s costs are shown below: Complete the table and determine the optimal output to be produced.
Output (Q) |
TFC |
TVC |
TC |
MC |
TR |
MR |
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0 |
500 |
0 |
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1 |
500 |
50 |
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2 |
500 |
90 |
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3 |
500 |
140 |
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4 |
500 |
200 |
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*Price of ste5 |
el is P17500 |
5/unit270 |
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6 |
500 |
350 |
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7 |
500 |
450 |
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8 |
500 |
600 |
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9 |
500 |
800 |
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