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a) At a product price of $ 40,

how

many units will this firm produce in the short-run? EXPLAIN.

What

will be its profits or losses?



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b) At a product price of $ 50,

how

many units will this firm produce in the short-run? EXPLAIN.

What

will be its profits or losses?




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how

many units will this firm produce in the short-run? EXPLAIN.

What

will be its profits or losses?



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Explanation / Answer

It will produce 6 since you set marginal cost equal to marginal revenue.

Revenue will be 240 and costs will be 246 for a loss of 6.

At 50 it will produce 7.

Revenue will be 350 and costs 301 for a profit of 49.

At 60 a quantity of 8

Revenue will be 480 and costs 360 for a profit of 120.