Problem: Retirement Planning Services.com is a wholesale producer of standardized retirement plans for high net worth individuals. These plans are produced and e-mailed to financial planners who incorporate them in their client presentations. The following relation exists between the firm's output and total production costs in this highly price-competitive market:
Total Output Total Cost
0 $50
100 150
200 275
300 425
400 600
500 800
600 1,050
700 1,350
A. Construct a table showing the firm's marginal cost of production.
B. What is the minimum price necessary for the firm to supply one hundred plans?
C. How many plans would the firm supply at industry prices of $180 and $300 per hundred?