The producer of a downloadable antivirus software program spends exactly $2,650,000 producing the first copy and incurring various costs required to make the software "user-friendly." The firm can produce and distribute additional copies at a per-unit cost of $2.00. If the company sold as many copies as consumers wished to purchase at a price of $ per copy, it would sell copies. If the company maximizes its economic profits in the short-run, it sells copies at a price of $. Finally, the company earns zero economic profits when it sells copies. A. What are the firm's economic profits (or losses) if it sells 400,000 copies of the antivirus software program at a $2.00 price per copy?
B. What are the maximum economic profits that the firm can earn in the short run?
C. What is marginal revenue when the firm maximizes its short-run economic profits?
D. In the long run, after entry of competing firms, to the nearest dollar, and including the correct sign, what amount of economic profits will this firm earn?

Which of the following is an example of search costs? a.) driving to a faraway place to find available goods b.) buying goods in some special way that is outside the normal channels c.) paying a premium cost for goods d.) selling extra goods for a discount price

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

5. understanding marginal and average tax rates consider the economy of citronia, where citizens consume only oranges. assume that oranges are priced at $1 each. the government has devised the following tax plans: plan a • consumption up to 1,000 oranges is taxed at 50%. • consumption higher than 1,000 oranges is taxed at 20%. plan b • consumption up to 2,000 oranges is taxed at 15%. • consumption higher than 2,000 oranges is taxed at 60%. use the plan a and plan b tax schemes to complete the following table by deriving the marginal and average tax rates under each tax plan at the consumption levels of 300 oranges, 1,200 oranges, and 3,000 oranges, respectively. consumption level plan a plan b (quantity of oranges) marginal tax rate average tax rate marginal tax rate average tax rate (percent) (percent) (percent) (percent) 300 1,200 3,000 complete the following table by indicating whether each plan is a progressive tax system, a proportional tax system, or a regressive tax system. progressive proportional regressive plan a plan b