mt445 assignment

Unit 4 Assignment

Student Name:

Please answer the following questions. Submit as a Microsoft Word® document to the Dropbox when completed.

1. How does the demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm differ from the market demand curve in a perfectly competitive market? Explain.

2. A perfectly competitive firm has the following fixed and variable costs in the short run. The market price for the firm’s product is $140.

Output FC VC TC TR Profit/Loss

0 $90 $ 0 ___ ___ ___

1 90 90 ___ ___ ___

2 90 170 ___ ___ ___

3 90 290 ___ ___ ___

4 90 430 ___ ___ ___

5 90 590 ___ ___ ___

6 90 770 ___ ___ ___

a. Complete the table.

b. What level of output should the firm produce to maximize profits?

3. How does the demand curve faced by a monopoly differ from the demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm? Explain.

4. The following table provides market share information about the soft-drink industry.

Company	Market Share
Coca-Cola	37%
Pepsi-Co	35
Cadbury Schweppers	17
Other	11

Do you think the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission would approve a merger between any two of the first three companies listed? Explain.

Directions for Submitting your Assignment

Complete your assignment in this Microsoft Word® document and save it as Username-MT445Assignment-Unit#.doc (Example:TAllen-MT445Assignment-Unit4.doc). Submit your file by selecting the Unit 4: Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 4.