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Suppose a monopolist producing self-cleaning jackets can sell 20 jackets at $100, and 21 jackets at $98. The monopolist is unable to price discriminate, so in order to sell a total of 21 jackets, the price per jacket must be $98.

1-When charging $100 per jacket, total revenue is?:

2-When charging $98 per jacket, total revenue is?:

3-So the marginal revenue of selling the 21st jacket is?:

4-In the case of any firm facing a downward sloping demand curve, marginal revenue is always?:

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Answer the following questions pertaining to monopolist production. 

 

1) If a monopolist is producing in the inelastic portion of its demand curve, which of the following will occur if the monopolist decreases its price?

a. Marginal revenue will decrease, but profits will increase.

b. Marginal revenue will increase, but profits will decrease.

c.Total revenue will decrease, but profits will increase.

d.Both total revenue and profits will decrease.

e. Both total revenue and profits will increase.

 

2) Which of the following statements is true for a perfectly competitive firm but not true for a monopoly?

a.The firm's price is equal to its average revenue.

b.The firm cannot affect the market price for its good.

c.It is difficult for other firms to enter the industry.

d. The demand for the firm's product is unit elastic.

e.The firm must lower its price in order to sell more of its product.

 

3) Monopolies are inefficient for which of the following reasons?

a. They produce too little of the good.

b.They produce too much of the good.

c. They do not produce an output level at which marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

d. The marginal cost of producing the good is too low.

e. The firm is too large.

 

4) Which of the following is necessarily true of the profit-maximizing equilibrium of a monopolist who sets a single price?

a. Price equals average total cost.

b. Price is greater than the marginal cost.

c. Average total cost is at its minimum level.

d. Marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost.

e. Marginal cost is minimized.

73) In the diagram, marginal revenue is less than price at any given level of output because A) of the unique form of the demand curve in this market. B) in order to sell an additional unit of output the firm must lower the price of that marginal unit of output. C) in order to sell an additional unit of output the firm must lower the price on all units of output. D) in order to lower the price the monopolist must restrict output. E) total revenue is always declining with more units sold.

1. A perfectly competitive firm will continue producing in the short run as long as it can cover its:

A.total cost.
B.average total cost.
C.average variable cost.
D.average fixed cost.

2. A perfectly competitive firm will earn a profit and will continue producing the profit-maximizing quantity of output in the short run if price is:
A.greater than marginal cost.
B.less than marginal cost.
C.less than average variable cost.
D.greater than average total cost.
3. Monopolistic competition is an industry characterized by:
A.a product with many close substitutes.
B.a horizontal demand curve.
C.a small number of firms.
D.barriers to entry and exit.
4. If a perfectly competitive firm increases production from 10 units to 11 units, and the market price is $20 per unit, total revenue for 10 units is:
A.$10.
B.$20
C.$200.
D.$210.
5. The demand curve facing a monopolist is:
A.horizontal, the same as that facing a perfectly competitive firm.
B.downward sloping, the same as that facing a perfectly competitive firm.
C.upward sloping, the same as that facing a perfectly competitive firm.
D.downward sloping, unlike the horizontal demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm.
6. Suppose that a monopolist increases production from 10 units to 11 units. If the market price declines from $30 per unit to $29 per unit, marginal revenue for the eleventh unit is:
A.$1.
B.$9.
C.$19.
D.$29.
7. Most electric, gas, and water companies are examples of:
A.unregulated monopolies.
B.natural monopolies.
C.restricted-input monopolies.
D.sunk-cost monopolies.
8.If a perfectly competitive firm is producing a quantity that generates P > MC, then profit:
A.is maximized.
B.can be increased by increasing the price.
C.can be increased by decreasing the price.
D.can be increased by increasing production.

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