Assignment:
For this assignment you will do a significant portion of work in MS Excel and import it into an MS Word document. You will use the data below to address Price and Output decisions faced by firms that are not in pure competition. Some numbers may be rounded.
Table 1
Output Average Fixed cost Average Variable Cost Average Total Cost Marginal Cost Price Total Revenue Marginal Revenue
0 $ 345.00
1 $ 180.00 $ 135.00 $ 315.00 $ 300.00
2 $ 90.00 $ 127.50 $ 217.50 $ 249.00
3 $ 60.00 $ 120.00 $ 180.00 $ 213.00
4 $ 45.00 $ 112.50 $ 157.50 $ 189.00
5 $ 36.00 $ 111.00 $ 147.00 $ 165.00
6 $ 30.00 $ 112.50 $ 142.50 $ 144.00
7 $ 25.71 $ 115.70 $ 141.41 $ 126.00
8 $ 22.50 $ 121.90 $ 144.40 $ 111.00
9 $ 20.00 $ 130.00 $ 150.00 $ 99.00
10 $ 18.00 $ 139.50 $ 157.50 $ 87.00
Address the following:
1.Complete Table-1. Summarize your calculations.
2.Prepare a graph showing:
oAverage Fixed Costs
oAverage Variable Costs
oAverage Total Costs
oMarginal Revenue
oMarginal Costs
3.Using the data in the table and on your graph, explain the profit maximizing, or loss minimizing level of output.
4.Define a normal profit and an economic profit. Are normal profits being earned in this example? Are economic profits present for this firm in this example? Explain your answers.
5.Given the data in the table and the graph, what type of market structure could this be in the short run? Explain your answers.
6.If the data in Table-1 represents the long run, what type of firm must this data represent? Explain in details your answers to all questions.
One Resource:
McConnell, C., Brue, S., Flynn, S. (02/2009). Microeconomics, Brief Edition, 1st Edition.