Answer and Explanation:
When there is price fixing between two competitors, if one competitor chooses to fix the price it should not exceed competutors marginal cost and should be above his marginal cost.
Since the price fixing of $10 will be fined then the ideal price to maximize the profit would be below the competitors price $ and above his marginal cost $.
The ideak price to maximize profits would be (competitors price $ + his marginal cost $)/2, This price would be above his marginal cost and below competitors price.
Answer: c. No, since the MC and AVC curve intersect at the minimum of AVC
Explanation:
Marginal cost is the cost of producing one extra unit of a product while average cost is the average of all the units produced so far. Therefore, when Marginal cost is low, it pulls the average costs down with it because it will be lower than the Average costs.
However, as Marginal costs start to rise, average cost will still be low because it is taking into account the lower previous marginal costs. Marginal cost will then keep rising until it intersects the average costs at it's minimum. Once this happens Average cost will start being pulled up because the current high costs will on average eclipse the current low costs.
Answer:
Mrs.Smith should continue to operate the business in the short run but shut down in the long run.
Explanation:
According to the shut down rule, at the profit-maximizing positive level of output, a business in a competitive market should continue to operate in the short-term if the price equals to or is greater than the average variable cost, but should shut down in the long term if the price is less than or equal to total cost. Here,
price = $8.10
avg variable cost = $8.00
avg total cost = $8.25
Mrs.Smith should continue to operate the business in the short run but shut down in the long run.
