QUESTION
The table in the next column represents the hourly output and cost structure for a local pizza shop.The market is perfectly competitive, and the market price of a pizza in the area is $10. Total costsinclude all opportunity costs. (See pages 509â514.)Total Hourly Output and Sales of Pizzas012345678910Total Hourly Cost ($)59111214182432425468a. Calculate the total revenue and total economic profit for this pizza shop at each rate of output.b. Assuming that the pizza shop always produces and sells at least one pizza per hour, does thisappear to be a situation of shortrun or long run equilibrium?c. Calculate the pizza shopâs marginal cost and marginal revenue at each rate of output. Based onmarginal analysis, what is the profit maximizing rate of output for the pizza shop?d. Draw a diagram depicting the shortrun marginal revenue and marginal cost curves for thispizza shop, and illustrate the determination of its profitmaximizing output rate.
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