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Mark's Day Spa is a single-price monopoly

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Mark's Day Spa is a single-price monopoly. The table shows the demand schedule for Mark's day Spa (columns 1 and 2) and the firm's total cost schedule (columns 2 and 3)

 

Price (dollars per treatment) Quantity (treatments per hour) Total cost (dollars per hour)
10 0 1
9 1 2
8 2 4
7 3 7
6 4 12
5 5 18

What is Mark's profit-maximizing output, price, and economic profit?

Mark's profit-maximizing output is _____ treatments an hour.

Mark's profit-maximizing price is $ _____ a treatment.

When Mark's produces the profit-maximizing output and charges the profit-maximizing price, economic profit is $ _____ an hour.

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Price (dollars per treatment) Quantity (treatments per hour) Total cost (dollars per hour) Marginal Cost Total Revenue Profit = TR-TC
10 0 1 - 0 -1
9 1 2 1 9 7
8 2 4 2 16 12
7 3 7 3 21 14
6 4 12 5 24 12
5 5 18 6 25 7

It is evident from the above table that the profit is maximum for 3 treatments per hour.Hence,

  • Mark's profit-maximizing output is 3 treatments an hour.
  • Mark's profit-maximizing price is $7 a treatment.
  • When Mark's produces the profit-maximizing output and charges the profit-maximizing price, economic profit is $14 an hour.