2. There are three student canteens serving different types of foods located at the campus. Table below shows the total costs of the catering services according to the number of students served. Number of students served Smile Canteen Rainbow Canteen Happy Canteen 500 15000 16000 19000 28000 32000 58000 108000 40000 1000 2000 50000 80000 4000 80000 168000 6000 114000 156000 258000 (a) Comment on the scale of production of these three canteens. (b) The owner of Happy Canteen decides to sell the business. The owner of Smile Canteen shows interest in it and has done an estimate on the total costs of running the two canteens under one ownership. Based on the estimates below, do you recommend the owner of the Smile Canteen to pick up the business of Happy Canteen? Explain. | Number of students served in each canteen "Smile plus Happy" Canteen 500 40000 1000 65000 2000 110000 4000 215000 6000 390000

2. There are three student canteens serving different types of foods located at the campus. Table below shows the total costs of the catering services according to the number of students served. Number of students served Smile Canteen Rainbow Canteen Happy Canteen 500 15000 16000 19000 28000 32000 58000 108000 40000 1000 2000 50000 80000 4000 80000 168000 6000 114000 156000 258000 (a) Comment on the scale of production of these three canteens. (b) The owner of Happy Canteen decides to sell the business. The owner of Smile Canteen shows interest in it and has done an estimate on the total costs of running the two canteens under one ownership. Based on the estimates below, do you recommend the owner of the Smile Canteen to pick up the business of Happy Canteen? Explain. | Number of students served in each canteen "Smile plus Happy" Canteen 500 40000 1000 65000 2000 110000 4000 215000 6000 390000

Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091992

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter12: The Cost Of Production

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 3PA

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

100 90 80 70 60 ATC 50 40 30 20 AVC МС О 10 + 0 0 5 10 15 20 30 35 40 45 50 QUANTITY (Thousands of shirts) or each price in the following table, use the graph to determine the number of shirts this firm would produce in order to maximize its profit. Assume hat when the price is exactly equal to the average variable cost, the firm is indifferent between producing zero shirts and the profit-maximizing uantity. Also, indicate whether the firm will produce, shut down, or be indifferent between the two in the short run. Lastly, determine whether it will nake a profit, suffer a loss, or break even at each price. Price Quantity (Dollars per shirt) (Shirts) Profit or Loss? Produce or Shut Down? Shut down 10 20,000 Loss Shut down 20 10,000 Loss Shut down 32 5,000 Loss Either 0 or 37,500 Shut down 40 Loss 25 COSTS (Dollars)
Attempts: Average: 12 5. Profit maximization and shutting down in the short run Suppose that the market for sports watches is a competitive market. The following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. V ATC AVC PRICE (Dolars per watch) 100 5 MO 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY(Thousands of watches) For each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. Assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (Hint: You can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) Price Quantity (Dollars per watch) (Watches) 25.00 40.00 65.00 Total Revenue Fixed Cost Variable Cost (Dollars) (Dollars) (Dollars) 520,000 $20,000 520,000 (Dollars) If the firm shuts down,…
2. Consider a fast-food restaurant. The following table shows the maximum price that Alex and Anna will pay for two products: chicken nuggets and fries. Customer c. d. Alex Anna Maximum Price Nuggets $1.50 $2.55 Fries $1.50 $0.45 Bundle Price $3.00 $3.00 Assume that marginal cost of chicken nuggets is $1.00 and marginal cost of fries is $0.50. a. Are Alex and Anna demands negatively or positively correlated? Explain. b. Compare all four possible single-item pricing policies to find the profit-maximizing single-item pricing policy. Solve for profit if the restaurant engages in pure bundling. Assume the restaurant engages in mixed bundling and charges $3 for a bundle, $2.52 for chicken nuggets and $1.50 for fries. Show that the profit obtained under mixed bundling will be higher than under the pure bundling or single-item pricing.
4. A puppet maker calculates that the yearly cost of running his manufactory is $14,000. Additionally it costs him $60 to create each of his puppets. The price per puppet is determined by the following price-demand equation: p=500–2x a. Find the Cost equation for the total number of puppets produced and sold Find the Revenue equation for the total number of puppets produced and sold b. c. How many puppets does he need to make and sell to break even? d. Use the Cost and Revenue equations to find the Profit function What is the price that he needs to charge if he wants to sell exactly 80 puppets? e.
JYour business has the capacity to produce up to 5 units/week. The table & graph below show average cost (AC) for different weekly production levels. Your objective is to maximize profit each week. Average Cost 22 20 AC 18 1 20 14 2 15 12 3 12 10 1 2 4 4 13 Quantity 15 Your product sells in the market for $21/unit, and you can sell as many units at that price as you can bring to market. You know from your economics training that deciding how much to produce should rely on marginal concepts like marginal cost (MC). So, based on the AC table above, create a table that shows the MC of each unit. (Assume that there are no fixed costs, so total costs are zero if Q=0.) Based on MC for each unit, determine the profit-maximizing quantity to produce and sell. BRIEFLY explain your answer. (Your answer needs to be based on MC and being able to sell each unit for $21.) AC ($/unit)
Principles of Microeconomics Name: Homework #3 Prof. R. Harris DUE: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the beginning of class - NO EXCEPTIONS. Please remember to show all work and please be neat. Please staple this if you print it on your own. 1. Consider the following table of numbers, which represents demand and cost conditions for a com firm. petitive TR 600 0 1 2 $o $400 600 $400 $240 600 $430 $670 $960 $1,350 $1,840 $2,440 $3,120 $3,910 $4,800 600 600 600 600 600 600 5 6 7 600 600 9 10 (a) Fill in the missing values (b) Use the information in the chart to determine what level of output the firm should produce. Explain your reasoning.
1. A firm has three different production facilities, all of which produce the same product. Whilereviewing the firm’s cost data, Ron, a manager, discovered that one of the plants has a higher averagecost than the other plans and suggests closing this plant. Another manager, Jack, notes that the high-cost plant has high fixed costs but that the marginal cost in this plant is lower than in the other plants.He says that the high-cost plant should not be shut down but should expand its operations. Who isright? 2. Should a firm shut down if its weekly revenue is $1,000, its variable cost is $500, and its fixed cost is$800, of which $600 is avoidable if it shuts down? Explain.
Refer to the to graph on the right. Which level of output in the graph below represents the minimum efficient scale? OA 1,000 books B. 20,000 books C. 40,000 books $22 00 D. 80,000 books 20.00 18.00 Which size bookstore is more likely to expenence diseconomies of scale? Long-nun Average cost O A. Abookstore selling 1.000 books per month B. A bookstore seling 20,000 books per month C. Abockstore selling 40,000 books per month 40,00.000 OD. A bookstore seling 80 000 books per month 1,000 20,000 Quantry of books sold per month
3. Suppose that ABC company plans to build a subway train to provide better alternatives for Filipino commuters to avoid heavy traffic and delay during rush hour. Apparently, the subway can last up to 50 years only that its cost $ 5.5 million to build it. Assuming that it cost nothing for its maintenance. Consider the table below that shows potential demand of the subway train of the ABC company. For now, disregard the potential variety of the passenger's demographic.
4. Various measures of cost Douglas Fur is a small manufacturer of fake-fur boots in Denver. The following table shows the company’s total cost of production at various production quantities.
. Jane’s Juice Bar has the following cost schedules:Quantity Variable Cost Total Cost0 vats of juice $ 0 $ 301 10 402 25 553 45 754 70 1005 100 1306 135 165a. Calculate average variable cost, average total cost,and marginal cost for each quantity.b. Graph all three curves. What is the relationshipbetween the marginal-cost curve and theaverage-total-cost curve? Between the marginalcost curve and the average-variable-cost curve?Explain.
3. Suppose that ABC company plans to build a subway train to provide better alternatives for Filipino commuters to avoid heavy traffic and delay during rush hour. Apparently, the subway can last up to 50 years only that its cost $ 5.5 million to build it. Assuming that it cost nothing for its maintenance. Consider the table below that shows potential demand of the subway train of the ABC company. For now, disregard the potential variety of the passenger's demographic.