Suppose the cost of operating a 75 room hotel for a night is $6,000 and there are 5 empty rooms for tonight. If the marginal cost of operating one room for one night is $40, the hotel manager should rent one of the empty rooms only if a customer is willing to pay
a. more than $40, as the average benefit will exceed the marginal cost.
b. more than $40, as the marginal benefit will exceed the marginal cost.
c. more than $80, as the average benefit will exceed the marginal cost.
d. more than $80, as the marginal benefit will exceed the marginal cost.
b
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A) goods and services are allowed to cross boundaries without tariffs. B) two or more countries agree to liberalize trade in a selected group of categories. C) two or more countries set common tariffs toward non-members. D) two or more countries allow the free mobility of inputs such as labor and capital. E) two or more countries agree on establishing a common currency.
When a firm's demand curve is tangent to its average total cost curve: a. the firm must be operating in a monopolistically competitive market. b. economic profits are zero
c. the firm must be earning economic profits. d. the firm must be incurring economic losses.