QUESTION 1 Explain consumer surplus and producer surplus. Illustrate the effects on consumer surplus and producer surplus when the price is below the equilibrium price using suitable graphs. QUESTION 2 Table 1 shows the qua

QUESTION 1

  1. Explain consumer surplus and producer surplus.
  2. Illustrate the effects on consumer surplus and producer surplus when the price is below the equilibrium price using suitable graphs.

QUESTION 2
Table 1 shows the quantity and price that form a monopolist’s demand curve.
Table 1

 
Output
Price 
(P)
 
Total Revenue (TR) Marginal Revenue 
(MR)
Total Cost 
(TC)
Marginal  Cost 
(MC)
Total Profit
0   RM0 RM10
1 RM130 RM70
2  RM109 RM120
3   RM92 RM166
4   RM80 RM210
5   RM66 RM253
6   RM50 RM298
  1. Based on Table 1, fill up the columns of Total Revenue (TR), Marginal Revenue (MR), Marginal Cost (MC), and Total Profit. (Prepare your answers in the form of a table).
  2. What is the value of fixed costs for this firm?
  3. Determine the level of output that maximises the monopolist’s total profit.

 
QUESTION 3

  1. Define Price–Consumption Curve (PCC) and Income-Consumption Curve (ICC).
  2. illustrate the curves that can be derived from PCC and ICC. Explain.

QUESTION 4
Assume price (P) = RM15, quantity (Q) = 12 units,  average variable cost (AVC) = RM8 and average cost (AC) = RM10. This firm  operates in perfectly competitive market.

  1. a) What is the formula for profit? b) Calculate total cost (TC).
  2. Calculate the total revenue (TR).
  3. Calculate the economic profit of the firm.
  4. Shade the area that represents the economic profit of the firm.

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