Exploring the Firm

1. Fill in the blank. (Use decimals, not fractions, and do not include dollar signs.)

Amount of Capital
Total Cost
Output
Total Revenue
20
$50,000
89
$55,000
22
$50,100
90
$55,300

a) Increasing capital by 1 increases costs by $

b) Increasing capital by 1 increases output by

c) Increasing output by 1 increases revenue by $

d) Increasing output by 1 increases cost by $

e) Increasing capital by 1 increases revenue by $

2. Answer the same questions using the following table and the technical terms of economics:

Amount of Capital
Total Cost
Output
Total Revenue
109
$120,000
500
$130,000
111
123,000
505
134,000

f) Marginal resource cost of capital = $

g) Marginal product of capital =

h) Marginal revenue = $

i) Marginal cost = $

j) Marginal revenue product = $

3. Fill in the blanks:

Amount of Capital
Total Cost
Output
Total Revenue
100
$1000
100
$1000
$
101
$

a) Marginal resource cost of capital = $10
b) Marginal product of capital = 2
c) Marginal revenue = $6
d) Marginal cost = $5

e) Marginal revenue product = $

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