Question

Suppose you are a perfectly competitive firm producing computer memory chips. Your production capacity
is 1000 units per year. Your marginal cost is $10 per chip up to capacity. You have a fixed cost of $10,000 if production is positive and $0 if you shut down. What
are your profit-maximizing levels of production and
profit if the market price is (a) $5 per chip, (b) $15
per chip, and (c) $25 per chip? For case (b), explain
why production is positive even though profits are
negative.

Answer 1

@supie

Answer 2

@noahepaule