What is the profit-maximizing price and quantity

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You are an economic consultant and encounter a firm with the following data:

Quantity of Labor

Fixed Costs

Variable Costs

Total Costs

Quantity

Marginal Costs

5

$150



20


6

$150



28


7

$150



34


8

$150



38


The wage rate is $8 per unit. Fill in the rest of the table.

The price-quantity combination is as follows:

Fill in the rest of the table

Price

Quantity

TR

MR

$10.50

20



$9.24

28



$7.87

34



$6.33

38



What is the profit-maximizing price and quantity and what is the profit at that point?

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