of personal satisfaction or level of meeting a need that a good or service meets. For example the initial cup of coffee in the morning meets a large need and provides a large amount of satisfaction (utility). Another example is go under water and hold your breath‚ keep holding it until you think you will pass out. Then come up out of the water‚ that first breath is wonderful -- tremendous utility. That is utility - the meeting of a need or being satisfied. Now Marginal Utility is the change in utility
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Task 309.1.1.06 A. Two methods of profit maximization that companies utilize are the total revenue to total cost approach and the marginal revenue to marginal cost approach. To attain their goal of achieving the highest level of profit‚ Company A uses these methods to determine the appropriate output level to achieve their goal. Both methods arrive at the same level. In the first approach‚ Company A first determines its total revenue by multiplying the number of widgets sold by the price
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All Firms Should Produce at MR=MC In economics‚ the point of profit maximizing and loss minimizing is called MR=MC. This point is where marginal revenue equals marginal cost‚ meaning that cost does not exceed revenue and revenue does not exceed cost. This is a profit-maximizing zone‚ meaning that total cost is not the lowest‚ but is farthest away from the total returns. The optimal point of production for the firm is at the point MR=MC. Marginal revenue is defined as the change in total revenue as
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Law of Equi Marginal Utility According to this‚ a consumer is in equilibrium when he distributes his given money income among various goods in such a way that marginal utility derived from the last rupee spent on each good is the same. Assumptions The main assumptions of the law of equi-marginal utility are as under: (1) Independent utilities. The marginal utilities of different commodities are independent of each other and diminishes with more and more purchases. (2) Constant marginal
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product"‚ "marginal product" and "average product". These three figures are the foundation upon which the analysis of short-run production for a firm is analyzed. Total product is the total quantity of output produced by a firm for a given quantity of inputs. The usual framework is to analyze total product when in a variable input (labor) changes‚ for a given amount of a fixed input (capital). Diagram 1 In diagram 1‚ as the curve shows‚ the more labor hours you used‚ the more output of product
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HOW DEMAND DETERMINES OUTPUT IN THE SHORT RUN Typically‚ firms that supply intermediate goods such as steel rods or other inputs let demand not price determine the level of output in the short run. To understand this idea‚ consider an automobile firm that buys material from a steelmaker on a regular basis. Because the auto firm and the steel producer have been in business with one another for a long time and have an ongoing relationship‚ they have negotiated a contract that keeps steel prices
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One Phoenix helping another… 1. Purely competitive firms increase total revenue by Hint : Total revenue equals price times quantity sold. A purely competitive firm has control over one of these two variables. A. increasing production B. decreasing production C. increasing price D. decreasing price To increase revenue‚ firms look to increase price or quantity‚ as price multiplied by quantity equals total revenue. Purely competitive firms can sell as much as they want at the market price.
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employer. For a product of your choice: 1. Clearly explain the main cost elements and the nature of those costs – define and give relevant examples of variable‚ fixed‚ semi-variable‚ direct and indirect costs 2. Suggest the weekly production level and a breakdown of costs for one product from your chosen business. Then calculate the marginal and absorption costs per unit. 3. Describe at least 2 methods of setting the price‚ including cost-plus pricing. Then suggest which method is best suited
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Assignment #1 The Economic Way of Thinking (Marginal Analysis and Opportunity Cost) 1. You are planning a trip to Ottawa‚ which is 400 miles. Except for the cost‚ you are completely indifferent between driving and taking the bus. The bus ticket costs $180. You do not know how much it would cost to drive your car‚ so you call Hertz for an estimate. The person you speak with tells you that for your make of car‚ the costs of a typical 10‚000 mile driving year are as follows: Insurance $2000
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will explain how a product price is determined and how this is calculated at the activity level of the product in the shop. - Costs can be divided into different concepts. Below I will explain those concepts and give an example of how it will work in practice. o Direct costs Direct costs are the costs that are directly linked to a cost object. You can also say‚ the costs that are made when making the product ready. All the costs of making the product ready for sale are the direct costs of the
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