Active Learning 1
The equilibrium rent on office space has just
increased by $500/month.
Determine the effects on accounting profit and
economic profit if: decrease $ 5001 month
accounting profit :
A. You rent your office space (you pay
$500/month) profit decrease 500 1 month
economic :
$
B. You own your office space
accounting profit : doesn t
change
economio profit : decrease $ 5001 month
Active Learning 2:
A. What is the
Number marginal product of
of Output MPL
workers
the second worker? 40
0 0 B. What is the
marginal product of
1 45 the fourth worker?25
2 85 C. Does this
3 115 production function
4 135 exhibits diminishing
5 145 marginal returns? Yes
Active Learning 3:
Q VC TC AFC AVC ATC MC
Fill in the blank spaces of this table.
0 $ 0 $50 n/a n/a n/a
$10
1 10 60 $ 50 $10 $60.00
20
2 30 80 25 15 40
30
3 60 110 16.67 20 36.67
40
4 100 150 12.50 25 37.50 “
50
5 150 200 10 30 40
60
6 210 260 8.33 35 43.33