A firm in a perfectly competitive market has a short-run total cost function equal to SRTC = 4 + 20q, where q is the number of units the firm produces. The firm faces a market price of $10. Enter the optimal number of units this firm should produce to maximize profit.
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First, we need to find the firm's marginal cost (MC) function, which is the derivative of the total cost function with respect to q: MC = dSRTC/dq = 20 Show more…
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