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Maria manages a bakery, that specializes in ciabatta bread, and has the followin

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Question

Maria manages a bakery, that specializes in ciabatta bread, and has the following information on demand and costs Ciabatta Bread Sold Price (P) Total Cost (TC) $2.00 6.00 9.00 11.50 13.50 15.00 16.00 17.50 20.00 Per Hour (Q) $6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 2 4 6 8 a. To maximize profits, Maria should sell loaves of ciabatta bread per hour. (Enter your response as an integer.) Maria should charge a price of $ (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.) Maria's maximum profit is $. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.) b. The marginal revenue when selling the profit-maximizing number of loaves of ciabatta bread is $.(Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.) The marginal cost when selling the profit-maximizing number of loaves of ciabatta bread is $ (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

Answer

TC=TVC+TFC
FC=TC-VC
AFC=FC/Q
AVC=VC/Q
ATC=TC/Q
MC of n the unit=(TC of n units -TC of p units )/(n-p)...............n>p

TR=P*Q

MR of n th unit=(TR of n units -TR of p units)/(n-p)...................n>p

profit=TR-TC
The firm produces at MR=MC or the closet lower MC

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a)
Should sell 5 units
and charge $3.5
Profit=$2.5
b)
MR=$1.5
MC=$1.5

Price Quantity demanded Total revenue Marginal revenue TC MC Profit 6 0 0 --- 2 -2 5.5 1 5.5 5.5 6 4 -0.5 5 2 10 4.5 9 3 1 4.5 3 13.5 3.5 11.5 2.5 2 4 4 16 2.5 13.5 2 2.5 3.5 5 17.5 1.5 15 1.5 2.5 3 6 18 0.5 16 1 2 2.5 7 17.5 -0.5 17.5 1.5 0 2 8 16 -1.5 20 2.5 -4