You are the manager of a firm that sells a commodity in a market that resembles perfect competition, and your cost function is C(Q) = 3Q + 4Q?. Unfortunately, due to production lags, you must make your output decision prior to knowing for certain the price that will prevail in the market. You believe that there is a 65% chance the market price will be £175 and a 35% chance it will be £545. (a) Calculate the expected market price. (b) What output should you produce in order to maximise expected profits? (c) What are your expected profits?

You are managing a competitive corn farm that faces random demand. You must decide how much corn to produce before observing the actual price. As the 2 adjacent figure shows, the price will be $12 or $6 per bushel. The probability the price will be $12 is and the probability that the price will be $6 is - Your MC 3 3 $14 marginal cost curve is also included in the figure. PH=MRH $12 The quantity of corn that maximizes expected profit is bushels. $10 (Carefully enter your response considering the units on the axes of the given figure.) S8 The quantity you would produce if you knew the actual price was $12 is bushels. L= MRL The quantity you would produce if you knew the actual price was $6 is bushels $6 Suppose you produce the quantity of corn that maximizes expected profit, compared to what you would produce if you knew the actual price before producing. $4- The amount of profit lost if the actual price is $12 is $ The amount of profit lost if the actual price is $6 is $ (Enter a…

An exporter of handbags has just entered a new market. This exporter faces the following relationship between the price of handbags and the demand for them: P=15+ 4.800 D 2.500 D² , D>0 where P is the price per unit and D is the demand per month. The exporter wants to maximize his profit. The fixed cost is $2055 per month and the variable cost #33 per unit. How many handbags should be produced and sold each month, in order to maximize profit? Round your answer to 0 decimal places.

Appleway Industries produces apple juice and sells it in a competitive market. The firm’s manager must determine how much juice to produce before he knows what the market (competitive) price will be. Economists estimate that there is a 30 percent chance the market price will be $2 per gallon and a 70 percent chance it will be $1 when the juice hits the market. If the firm’s cost function is C = 200 + 0.0005Q2, how much juice should be produced to maximize expected profits? What are the expected profits of Appleway Industries?