The Green Company produces chemicals in a perfectly competitive market. The current market price is $40. The firm's total cost is given by so that marginal cost is
A. Determine the firm's profit-maximizing output and profit. Show your calculations. (1+1+5 points)
B. What is the individual firm's supply curve? Show your calculations. (1+3 points)
C. Suppose that 100 firms currently serve this market. What is the equation for the market supply curve? Show your calculations. (1+2 points)
8. The CEO of a major automaker overheard one of its division managers make the following statement regarding the firm's production plans: To maximize profits, we must operate at the minimum point of our average total cost curve.If you were the CEO of the automaker, would you praise or chastise the manager? Explain.
The Green Company produces chemicals in a perfectly competitive market. The current market price is $40. The firm's total cost is given by so that marginal cost is
A. Determine the firm's profit-maximizing output and profit. Show your calculations. (1+1+5 points)
B. What is the individual firm's supply curve? Show your calculations. (1+3 points)
C. Suppose that 100 firms currently serve this market. What is the equation for the market supply curve? Show your calculations. (1+2 points)
8. The CEO of a major automaker overheard one of its division managers make the following statement regarding the firm's production plans: To maximize profits, we must operate at the minimum point of our average total cost curve.If you were the CEO of the automaker, would you praise or chastise the manager? Explain.
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