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Consider a market with two firms. In the following table, columns labelled as SS1 and SS2 give the supply schedules of firm 1 and firm 2 respectively. Compute the market supply schedule.





















































Price (Rs)



SS1 (kg)



SS2 (kg)



0



0



0



1



0



0



2



0



0



3



1



0



4



2



0.5



5



3



1



6



4



1.5



7



5



2



8



6



2.5
































































Price (Rs)



SS1 (kg)



SS2 (kg)



Market Supply


= SS1 + SS2



0



0



0



0



1



0



0



0



2



0



0



0



3



1



0



1



4



2



0.5



2.5



5



3



1



4



6



4



1.5



5.5



7



5



2



7



8



6



2.5



8.5




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21

The following table shows the total cost schedule of a competitive firm. It is given that the price of the good is Rs 10. Calculate the profit at each output level. Find the profit maximising level of output.



















































Output



TC (Rs)



0



5



1



15



2



22



3



27



4



31



5



38



6



49



7



63



8



81



9



101



10



123


22

Consider a market with two firms. The following table shows the supply schedules of the two firms: the SS1 column gives the supply schedule of firm 1 and the SS2 column gives the supply schedule of firm 2. Compute the market supply schedule.











































Price (Rs)



SS1 (kg)



SS2 (kg)



0



0



0



1



0



0



2



0



0



3



1



1



4



2



2



5



3



3



6



4



4


24

There are three identical firms in a market. The following table shows the supply schedule of firm 1. Compute the market supply schedule.











































Price (Rs)



SS1 (units)



0



0



1



0



2



2



3



4



4



6



5



8



6



10



7



12



8



14


25

A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the market price of a good is Rs 10. The market price increases to Rs 15 and the firm now earns a revenue of Rs 150. What is the price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve?

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