ing about starting a lawn service in your area. The lawn service market can be considered perfectly competitive. You own a $200 lawnmower. You have a fixed cost of $90 (maintenance costs on the mower, etc.). Your variable costs are as follows: # of Lawns Mowed Total Variable Costs Fixed Cost 1 $5 90 2 $15 90 3 $30 90 4 $50 90 5 $75 90 6 $105 90 7 $140 90 8 $180 90 9 $225 90 10 $275 90 a) Calculate Total Costs, Average Total Costs, Average Total Costs, Average Variable Costs, and Marginal Costs. b) Suppose that the going rate for lawns is $35 per lawn. How many lawns would you mo

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Kasey Puzzle, Inc. sells geography-based puzzles. Kasey currently sells 25,000 units a month for $40 each, has variable costs of $20 per unit, and fixed costs of $300,000. Kasey Puzzle is considering increasing the price of its units to $60 per unit. This will not affect costs, but demand is expected to drop 20%. Should Kasey Puzzle increase the price of its product? с Multiple Choice O O Yes, profit will increase $500,000. No, profit will decrease $500,000. No, profit will decrease $300,000. Yes; profit will increase $300,000.

$ per unit $40 $20 2 4 6 8 10 MC 12 ATC MR AVC Output (q) The graph above shows a firm's Marginal Revenue (MR), Marginal Cost (MC), Average Total Cost (ATC) and Average Variable Cost (AVC). This firm is a profit-maximizing price taker. Find the firm's short run shutdown price. (Do not include a $ sign in your response. Round to the nearest two decimal places if necessary.)

Imagine a small juice producer named " Bilberry Infused Beverages" known for its refreshing beverages. The owner, Louis, keeps track of the production costs. Recently he decided to expand his operations and produce more Juices to meet the increasing demand. Table 15.1 below shows the data he has collected: Complete Table 15.1 below and use the information to answer the question that follows. Table 15:1 Production Costs for Bilberry Infused Beverages Output Total cost Fixed cost Variable cost Marginal Average cost cost Average fixed cost D 30 0 1 10 2 18 3 22 4 56 6 5 64 6 76 7 8 15 15 What is the marginal cost of producing the 8th unit of the good? a) 4 b) 10 12 d) 29

Figure: Cost Curves for Corn Producers Price, cost of bushel $30 26 MC 22 18 ATC AVC 14 10 1 3 4 7 Quantity of corn (bushels) Reference: Ref 12-3 (Figure: Cost Curves for Corn Producers) Look at the figure Cost Curves for Corn Producers. The market for corn is perfectly competitive. If the price of a bushel of corn is $10, in the short run, the farmer will produce of corn and earn an ec omic equal to 2 bushels; profit; $0 2 bushels; loss; just more than $80 per bushel 3 bushels; profit; loss, -$15 4 bushels; profit; just less than $80 per bushel

A profit-maximizing firm in a competitive market is currently producing 500 units of output. It has average revenue of $10, average total cost of $8, and fixed costs of $200. a. What is its profit? b. What is its marginal cost? c. What is its average variable cost? d. Is the efficient scale of the firm more than, less than, or exactly 100 units?

3. XYZ corporation produces widgets. Its short-run marginal cost curve is given by MC (q) = 10 – 5q + q² (this is a parabola whose minimum occurs at q = 2.5). XYZ's fixed costs are 10. In a two panel diagrams, graph the following cost curves: (a) total cost, (b) total variable cost, (c) total fixed cost, (d) marginal cost, (e) average variable cost, and (f) average total cost. Your diagrams do not need to be scale, but must be internally consistent (i.e. the relationships between different curves must be correct). You do not need to find mathematical expressions for the other cost curves – you only need to sketch lines that are consistent with the shape of the marginal cost curve.

Lisa’s Lawn Company (LLC) is a lawn-mowing business in a perfectly competitive market for lawn-mowing services.  The following table sets out Lisa’s costs.    Quantity (Lawns per hour Total Cost (dollars per lawn) 0 $30 1 40 2 55 3 75 4 100 5 130 6 165 If the market price is $30 per lawn, how many lawns per hour does Lisa’s LLC mow? If the market price is $30 per lawn, what is Lisa’s profit in the short run? If the market price falls to $20 per lawn, how many lawns per hour does Lisa’s LLC mow?

A company produces very unusual CD's for which the variable cost is $ 11 per CD and the fixed costs are $ 30000. They will sell the CD's for $ 89 each. Let x be the number of CD's produced. a. Write the total cost C as a function of the number of CD's produced. C = $ b. Write the total revenue R as a function of the number of CD's produced. $ R = c. Write the total profit P as a function of the number of CD's produced. $ P = d. Find the number of CD's which must be produced to break even. The number of CD's which must be produced to break even is Round to the nearest number of CDs.