a) What is the firm's marginal cost when it is producing y units of output? b) Imagine that the price of input 1 is $16 per unit, the price of input 2 is $25 per unit, and the firm has fixed costs of $60. The firm is in a competitive market where the market price is $240 per unit of output. How much should the firm produce? How much profit does the firm make?

a) What is the firm's marginal cost when it is producing y units of output? b) Imagine that the price of input 1 is $16 per unit, the price of input 2 is $25 per unit, and the firm has fixed costs of $60. The firm is in a competitive market where the market price is $240 per unit of output. How much should the firm produce? How much profit does the firm make?

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Chapter8: Production And Costs

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