Question

Which of the following statements are true regarding profit-maximizing firms?A.They will attempt to maximize the difference between total revenues and total costs.B.They will use more of a resource as long as the marginal resource cost (MRC) is greater than the marginal revenue product (MRP).C.They will only produce where MRP is positive and MRC is negative.D.none of the above.

Answer 1

Answer:

For a profit maximizing firm , the statement that will be true is A) they will attempt to maximize the difference between total revenues and total costs.

Explanation:

The basic formula that is used to calculate profit is  -

Profit = Total revenue - Total cost

Profit maximization is a concept according to which a firm who is looking for maximizing its profits, should choose that optima level of output where its marginal cost ( cost that is incurred because of producing one additional unit of good ) and marginal revenue ( change in revenue because of change in sales ) are same.

When the marginal revenue is greater than the marginal cost , it means that the revenues generated by producing additional quantity of goods is greater than the cost incurred on producing them, so hence we can say that for maximizing profit , a firm would want that the gap between revenue and cost is higher.