If a Monopolist's Price Is $50 at the Output Where

question 110

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If a monopolist's price is $50 at the output where marginal revenue equals marginal cost and average total cost is $43, then the incremental profit from the last unit sold is $7.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

An indicator of the degree to which the demand for a product reacts to shifts in its price, showing how susceptible demand is to price fluctuations.

Equation

A mathematical statement that asserts the equality of two expressions, usually written with an equals sign ("=").

Midpoint Method

A technique used in economics to calculate the elasticity of demand or supply by taking the average of the starting and ending prices and quantities.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating how prices can affect consumer purchasing decisions.