Practice question · Estimate
A firm at wonders about one more unit: producing it would bring 18€ of revenue against 24€ of cost. Set the slider to the profit change (€) from producing it anyway.
Estimate on a scale from −20€ (-20) to +20€ (20).
Hints
- Marginal profit = MR − MC for that unit.
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Why
€: past the crossing, each unit is a small act of self-harm. The optimum is not where production is impossible, it is where the next step, precisely measured, subtracts.
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