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(30 POINTS) Bob’s costs of DVD production are shown in the table below. Assume t

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(30 POINTS) Bob’s costs of DVD production are shown in the table below. Assume that DVD production is a perfectly competitive industry. There is free entry into the industry, and anyone who enters will face the same costs as Bob. Use the numbers in the table below to answer the following questions. NOTE: I am looking for numerical answers.

Quantity of DVDs (Q)

VC

($)

FC

($)

TC

($)

AVC

($)

ATC
($)

MC

($)

0

0

50,000

50,000

-

-

-

1,000

5,000

50,000

55,000

5.00

55.00

5.00

2,000

8,000

50,000

58,000

4.00

29.00

3.00

3,000

9,000

50,000

59,000

3.00

19.67

1.00

4,000

14,000

50,000

64,000

3.50

16.00

5.00

5,000

20,000

50,000

70,000

4.00

14.00

6.00

6,000

33,000

50,000

83,000

5.50

13.83

13.00

7,000

49,000

50,000

99,000

7.00

14.14

16.00

8,000

72,000

50,000

122,000

9.00

15.25

23.00

9,000

99,000

50,000

149,000

11.00

16.56

27.00

10,000

150,000

50,000

200,000

15.00

20.00

51.00

(3 POINTS) What is Bob’s shutdown price? Explain your answer.

(3 POINTS) What is Bob’s breakeven price? Explain your answer.

(6 POINTS) If the market price of a DVD is $1, how many DVDs will Bob produce? Explain your answer.

(10 POINTS) If the market price of a DVD is $6, how many DVDs will Bob produce? At this output level, what is his total revenue? Show your work. At this output level, Bob makes a loss. What is the amount of the loss? Show your work. Why does Bob produce in the short run despite making a loss? Explain your answer.

(8 POINTS) If the market price of a DVD is $16, how many DVDs will Bob produce? At this output level, what is his profit? Show your work for full credit..

Quantity of DVDs (Q)

VC

($)

FC

($)

TC

($)

AVC

($)

ATC
($)

MC

($)

0

0

50,000

50,000

-

-

-

1,000

5,000

50,000

55,000

5.00

55.00

5.00

2,000

8,000

50,000

58,000

4.00

29.00

3.00

3,000

9,000

50,000

59,000

3.00

19.67

1.00

4,000

14,000

50,000

64,000

3.50

16.00

5.00

5,000

20,000

50,000

70,000

4.00

14.00

6.00

6,000

33,000

50,000

83,000

5.50

13.83

13.00

7,000

49,000

50,000

99,000

7.00

14.14

16.00

8,000

72,000

50,000

122,000

9.00

15.25

23.00

9,000

99,000

50,000

149,000

11.00

16.56

27.00

10,000

150,000

50,000

200,000

15.00

20.00

51.00

Explanation / Answer

snut down price is $50,000

break-even level is= to answer the next questions i need to know the selling price