11 of 50 9 This Test 50 pts possib profits is 1200 per wook
Solution
1) At the given profit and output rates the Total average cost of the firm is $41.
Explanation: The question even gives that the price of the product sold is $44 and at that cost, the firm is selling 400 units of product. From the given information we can calculate total revenue which is Quantity sold x Price of the product = 400 x $44 = $17,600.
Further, we can calculate total cost from the above-calculated value which is Total cost = Total revenue - Profit (Profit is the value we get after subtracting the total cost from total revenue, we can work on the formula). Total cost = $17,600 - $1,200 = $ 16,400.
Average cost = Total cost / Total quantity sold
= $16,400 / 400
= $41.
2) For profit maximisation, a monopoly tries to match its marginal cost with marginal revenue. In the question above its given that the marginal cost of the monopoly firm is $32. So the marginal revenue will also be $32.
