Marginal Analysis: Perfectly Competitive Firm
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How about if we try an EXAMPLE of MR=MC for a perfectly competitive firm?
(TCO C ) Answer the next question on the basis of the following information for a purely competitive firm:
Output------------Price------------Total Cost
----0--------------$100---------------$100
----1--------------$100---------------$260
----2--------------$100---------------$290
----3--------------$100---------------$350
----4--------------$100---------------$480
----5--------------$100---------------$700
How many units would the above profit-maximizing firm produce?
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This solution provides you with step by step explanation of how to calculate the profit maximizing output of a perfectly competitive firm. Note, an excel spreadsheet is attached to the solution with calculations.
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In a perfectively competitive firm, profit is usually maximized at the point where Marginal Cost (MC) = Marginal Revenue (MR). You know that marginal cost by definition is the additional cost that is incurred by a firm to produce one additional unit of a product (or output). Marginal Revenue, on the other hand, is the additional revenue ...
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