Economics 15th Edition by James Gwartney,Richard Stroup,Russell Sobel,David Macpherson

Exercise 5

Suppose that you produce and sell children's tables in a local market. Past experience enables you to estimate your demand and marginal cost schedules. This information is presented in the accompanying table.
a. Fill in the missing revenue and cost schedules.
b. Assuming you are currently charging $55 per table set, what should you do if you want to maximize profits?
c. Given your demand and cost estimates, what price should you charge if you want to maximize your weekly profit? What output should you produce? What is your maximum weekly profit?