Figure 9.1 shows the cost structure of a firm in a perfectly competitive market. If the market price is $40 and the firm is currently producing the profit maximizing output level, its total variable cost is:
A. $12,500.
B. $14,300.
C. $19,800.
D. $27,000.
Answer: C
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Table 7-4 ? 6 346 490 600 692 775 846 ? 5 316 448 548 632 705 775 ? 4 282 400 490 564 632 692 CAPITAL 3 245 346 423 490 548 600 ? 2 200 282 346 400 448 490 ? 1 141 200 245 282 316 346 ? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? LABOR ? ? ? ? ? Table 7-4 shows a production relationship. Assuming the capital stock is fixed at three units and the cost per day of labor is $65, what is the most labor that it is efficient to hire if the product price is $1 per unit?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
The property that rules out indifference curves that cross is:
A. independence. B. completeness. C. diminishing marginal rate of substitution. D. transitivity.
A natural monopoly
A) has one lowest-cost producer in the industry. B) exists only when it is regulated. C) has long-run average costs equal to zero. D) always experiences diseconomies of scale.
Based on the table above which shows Chip's costs, if Chip shuts down in the short run, his total cost will be
A) $0. B) $1,000. C) $1,200. D) $4,000.