Josie's Pussycats sells ceramic kittens. The marginal cost of producing a particular kitten depends on how many
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a. What is Josie's marginal revenue from selling another kitten? (Express your answer as an equation.)
b. Determine how many kittens Josie should produce if she wants to maximize profit. How much profit will she make at this output level? (Assume fixed costs are zero. It may help to draw a graph of Josie's marginal revenue and marginal cost.)
c. Suppose Josie is producing the quantity you found in (b). If she decides to produce one extra kitten, what will her profit be?
d. How does your answer to part (c) help explain why "bigger is not always better"?
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Microeconomics
ISBN: 9781464146978
1st Edition
Authors: Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson
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