ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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The following table shows Farmer Parker's revenue, cost, and profit from wheat farming
Quantity
(bushels)
(Q)
Total
Revenue Total Cost
Marginal
Revenue
(MR)
Marginal
Cost
(MC)
Profit
(TR-TC)
$-3.00
-2.00
0.00
2.50
4.50
6.00
6.00
5.50
2.50
-3.00
(TR)
$0.00
(TC)
$3.00
6.00
8.00
9.50
11.50
1.
2
3.
4.00
$4.00
3.00
8.00
4,00
2.00
12.00
16.00
20.00
4.00
1.50
4
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
2.00
2.50
4.00
14.00
6
18.00
22.50
29.50
39.00
51.50
24.00
7
28.00
32.00
36.00
40.00
4.50
8.
4.00
7.00
9.50
4.00
10
- 11.50
4.00
12.50
Farmer Parker's profit-maximizing level of production is 6 bushels of wheat. At this level of production he produces following the rule Marginal Revenue = Marginal
Cost and earns the maximum possible profit of $6.00.
Farmer Parker's fixed costs are $3. (Enter your responso rounded to two decimal places.)
Suppose that foced costs increase by $1.50.
Farmer Parker's new profit-maximizing level of production after the increase in fixed costs is bushels of wheat
The amount of profit that Farmer Parker will eam after the increase in fixed costs is $
(Entor your response rounded to two decimal places.)
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Transcribed Image Text:The following table shows Farmer Parker's revenue, cost, and profit from wheat farming Quantity (bushels) (Q) Total Revenue Total Cost Marginal Revenue (MR) Marginal Cost (MC) Profit (TR-TC) $-3.00 -2.00 0.00 2.50 4.50 6.00 6.00 5.50 2.50 -3.00 (TR) $0.00 (TC) $3.00 6.00 8.00 9.50 11.50 1. 2 3. 4.00 $4.00 3.00 8.00 4,00 2.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 4.00 1.50 4 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.50 4.00 14.00 6 18.00 22.50 29.50 39.00 51.50 24.00 7 28.00 32.00 36.00 40.00 4.50 8. 4.00 7.00 9.50 4.00 10 - 11.50 4.00 12.50 Farmer Parker's profit-maximizing level of production is 6 bushels of wheat. At this level of production he produces following the rule Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost and earns the maximum possible profit of $6.00. Farmer Parker's fixed costs are $3. (Enter your responso rounded to two decimal places.) Suppose that foced costs increase by $1.50. Farmer Parker's new profit-maximizing level of production after the increase in fixed costs is bushels of wheat The amount of profit that Farmer Parker will eam after the increase in fixed costs is $ (Entor your response rounded to two decimal places.)
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