Macroeconomics
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Author: PARKIN, Michael
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Andrea's Day Spa began to offer a relaxing aromatherapy treatment. The firm asks you how much to charge to maximize profits. The demand
curve for the treatments is given by the first two columns in the following table; its total costs are given in the third column. Answer the following
question accordingly.
Price QuantityTC
$25.00
$100
$24.00 10
$250
$23.00 20
$420
$22.00 30
$600
$21.00 40
$780
$20.00 50
$970
$19.00 60
$1,170
The profit maximizing price in the above table is:
Select one:
a. $21
b. $24
c. $22
d. $25
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Andrea's Day Spa began to offer a relaxing aromatherapy treatment. The firm asks you how much to charge to maximize profits. The demand
curve for the treatments is given by the first two columns in the following table; its total costs are given in the third column. Answer the following
question accordingly.
Price QuantityTC
$25.00
$100
$24.00
10
$250
$23.00 20
$420
$22.00
30
$600
$21.00 40
$780
$20.00
50
$970
$19.00 60
$1,170
Total revenue of producing 30 units of output from the above table is:
Select one:
a. $180
b. $435
c. $600
d. $660
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Macroeconomics
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