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How do you calculate profit in monopoly?
A monopolist calculates its profit or loss by using its average cost (AC) curve to determine its production costs and then subtracting that number from total revenue (TR). Recall from previous lectures that firms use their average cost (AC) to determine profitability.
How do monopolies maximize profits?
In a monopolistic market, a firm maximizes its total profit by equating marginal cost to marginal revenue and solving for the price of one product and the quantity it must produce.
How do you calculate profit-maximizing price and quantity?
Determine marginal cost by taking the derivative of total cost with respect to quantity. Set marginal revenue equal to marginal cost and solve for q. Substituting 2,000 for q in the demand equation enables you to determine price. Thus, the profit-maximizing quantity is 2,000 units and the price is $40 per unit.
How does profit maximization work in a monopoly?
Total revenue for the monopoly firm called HealthPill first rises, then falls. Low levels of output bring in relatively little total revenue, because the quantity is low. High levels of output bring in relatively less revenue, because the high quantity pushes down the market price. The total cost curve is upward-sloping.
How do you calculate profit maximizing price and quantity?
As the previous discussion shows, profit is maximized at the quantity where marginal revenue at that quantity is equal to marginal cost at that quantity. Accordingly, how do you find the price and output of a monopoly?
How to calculate total revenue in monopolistic competition?
Profit for a firm is total revenue minus total cost (TC), and profit per unit is simply price minus average cost. To calculate total revenue for a monopolist, find the quantity it produces, Q*m, go up to the demand curve, and then follow it out to its price, P*m. That rectangle is total revenue.
How does a monopolist determine price and quantity?
A monopolist can determine its profit-maximizing price and quantity by analyzing the marginal revenue and marginal costs of producing an extra unit. If the marginal revenue exceeds the marginal cost, then the firm should produce the extra unit.