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As in Worked-Out Problem 17
As in Worked-Out Problem 17.2 (page 599), Kalamazoo Competition-Free Concrete faces demand function Q d = 16,000 - 200P. Suppose Kalamazoo’s cost function C(Q) = 20Q + 0.01Q 2 . What is its profit-maximizing sales quantity and price? What is the deadweight loss due to monopoly pricing?
Expert Solution
Qd = 16000 - 200P
or 200P = 16000 - Qd
or P = 80 - 0.005Qd
Marginal Revenue = 80 - 0.01Q
TC = 20 Q + 0.01Q^2
Marginal Cost = 20 + 0.02Q
At MR = MC,
80 - 0.01Q = 20 + 0.02Q
or 0.03Q = 60
or Q = 2000
P = 80 - 0.005Q
or P = 80 - 0.005*2000
or P = 80 - 10 = 70
So the profit-maximizing Quantity is 2000 and the profit-maximizing price is 70
The graph can be drawn as
The deadweight loss is the area of the triangle ABC.
Point A: P = 70, Q = 2000. So the point is 2000,70
Point C: Q = 2000. MR = 80 - 0.01 * 2000 = 60
Point B: 80 - 0.005Q = 20 + 0.02Q
so 0.025Q = 60
or Q = 2400
P = 80 - 0.005*2400 = 68.
So the point is 2400,68
So the deadweight loss is =1/2 * (70 - 60) * (2400 - 2000) = 1/2 * 10 * 400 = 2000
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