BECN 150 Assignment 2 Summer 2023 This assignment is marked out of 20 and is worth 10% of your final mark. Learning Outcomes The learner will be able to: Given a specific business situation, calculate the point of profit maximization in the short term. Show how the profit maximizing firm responds in the long run as the costs of one or more of the inputs changes. Discuss efficiency and surplus. Submission Instructions 1. Answer the questions below, with all questions clearly labelled in order. You need to follow all instructions in the assignment. 2. Submit only one Word document. 3. Do not include the questions, only your answers. 4. Include a cover page with your name, student number, course name and assignment name. 5. When providing references, you must cite all references using the APA format. You can find the information for creating citations and references under Getting Started, Copyright for Students, then the Humber Libraries Website link in the course. 6. PDF and Excel documents are not acceptable and will not be marked. 7. Submit the assignment using the assignment submission function only. The assignment is automatically submitted to SafeAssign, which checks for plagiarism and copying Note: You must name your file using your first name, last name, and the number of the assignment. For example, "tom.jones1.doc" for Tom Jones assignment 1. 8. Emailed assignments will not be marked. 9. The assignment is due on the date specified on the Critical Path. Marks will be deducted if you do not follow all instructions.Assignment 2 Summer 2022 A company produces designer shirts. The cost per shirt is: Materials $10.00 Packaging $. 1.50 Design on shirt $5.00 Shipping and handling $3.50 Each worker earns $15,000 annually in salary and benefits. The number of workers changes based on the level of production. This means this is a variable cost. The artist who creates the designs for the shirts is paid $200,000 annually. Senior management are paid a total of $270,000 annually. Other annual costs are: Taxes and Insurance $18,000 Utilities $80,000 Rent $300,000 Miscellaneous Overhead Office Expenses $32,000 The following production is possible: No. Of 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Workers No. Of 0 2000 4000 6000 9000 13000 15000 14000 shirts that can be madeQuestion 1 Using all information provided, complete the following table. It would be easier if you set this up in an Excel spreadsheet. When you are done, please insert it into a Word document with your answers. You will use this table to answer Questions 2 and 3. We are working in dollars and cents so your answers should be in dollars and cents as well (2 decimal places. (6 marks) # of workers Q TVC AVC AFC TC ATC MC 0 0 2 2000 4 4000 6 6000 8 9000 10 13000 12 15000 14 14000 Question 2 What is the lowest price you would be willing to start producing this new product? Don't round up or down. Be accurate. (1 mark) Question 3 If you were already committed to the fixed costs, how low could the price per shirt fall before you would consider shutting down production? Remember you have to keep paying your fixed costs whether you produce any shirts or not. If you can cover your variable costs, then anything over that will reduce your fixed costs. You may be losing money in the short run but you are losing less money. Don't round up or down. Be accurate. (1 mark)For Questions 4 to 7, you need to fill in the chart for each question. You need to STATE how many workers, the level of production and the profit you will make. Your costs, quantities and # of workers will be the same as you calculated in Question 1. Question 4 If the price per shirt was fixed at $150, what would you do? Remember, in the short run you can't alter fixed costs, you can just decide where to set the level of production. You need to calculate total revenue and profit or loss for each level as you are given the average revenue. You must state both what level of production you would choose and what dollar profit you would make. (1 mark) # of workers P x Q Price Q FC + VC Profit or Loss Average Total Revenu Revenue Total Cost Total ProfitQuestion 5 If the price per shirt was fixed at $80, what would you do in the SHORT RUN? Again, remember that you have to keep paying your fixed costs in the short run. Fill in the chart and state what level of production you would use. State what is your profit at this level? (1 mark) # of workers P X Q Price Q FC + VC Profit or Loss Total Average Revenue Revenue Total Cost Total Profit Question 6 If the price per shirt was fixed at $30, what would you do in the SHORT RUN? Fill in the chart and state what level of production you would use. State what is your profit at this level? (1 mark) # of workers P xQ Price Q FC + VC Profit or Loss Total Average Total Revenue Revenue Cost Total Profit Question 7If marketing data showed you could sell the following number of shirts at the prices indicated, how many shirts would you produce and what would be your profit? Fill in the chart. (1 mark) # of 2000 4000 6000 9000 13000 |15000 Shirts Price $200 175 150 125 110 80 (AR) # of Profit or Workers PXQ price FC + VC Loss TR AR Q TC TP Question 8 (2 marks) Why does quantity decrease when 2 more workers are added? What is the term for this effect? Question 9 (6 marks) a. Explain the difference between productive efficiency and allocationefficiency. Provide an example of each, not in the textbook. (3 marks) Assume that the market for shirts is not in equilibrium. Explain the concept of consumer and producer surplus. Create a graph that illustrates consumer surplus and producer surplus. Be sure to label your axises and clearly point out the areas that illustrate both consumer surplus and producer surplus. You don't need to make up numbers to answer this