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Marginal revenue is the:
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Change in revenue from producing and selling an additional unit of output.
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The first derivative of total profit with respect to quantity is:
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Marginal profit.
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Maximum profit occurs where:
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The slope of the total revenue function equals the slope of total cost.
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At its current output level, a firm's marginal profit is positive. Therefore, it should:
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Increase output because MR > MC.
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Total revenue is maximized at the point where:
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marginal revenue equals zero.
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A company's demand function is Q = 800 - 2P. Its inverse demand function is:
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P = 400 - 0.5 Q
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A firm faces the demand curve: P = 600 - 50Q. What is the firm's revenue maximizing price?:
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$300.
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Ceteris paribus, an increase in the price of Coca-Cola would cause a(n):
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decrease in the quantity demanded for Coca-Cola.
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Other things being equal, given that chicken and beef are substitute goods, an increase in the price of chicken will cause a:
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rightward shift in the demand curve for beef.
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Assume that pencils and pens are substitutes. If the price of pencils rises, then we will see:
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A rightward shift in the demand curve for pens.
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Given that digital music players are used to play music downloaded from the Inte2.rnet, a fall in the price of digital music players will lead to:
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an increase in the demand for downloaded songs
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A firm's demand equation is given by Q = 36 −2.1P + .24Y, where Q is quantity, P is price, and Y is income. The coefficient of P ( i.e., −2.1) indicates that, all other things being held constant,:
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for a one dollar increase in price, quantity demanded would decline by 2.1 units.