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Economics 3.3.1
Economics- Edexcel 3.3.1
Term | Definition |
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revenue | income generated from the sale of goods and services in a market |
AR | average revenue |
average revenue | price per unit |
average revenue formula | total revenue / output |
MR | marginal revenue |
marginal revenue formula | change in revenue from selling one extra unit of output |
TR | total revenue |
total revenue formula | price per unit * quantity or AR * Q |
where does maximum total revenue occur? | where marginal revenue is zero |
what does it mean when total revenue is at maximum? | no more added revenue can be achieved from producing and then selling an extra unit of output |
what is the coefficient of price elasticity of demand when marginal revenue is zero? | 1 |
what happens when marginal revenue becomes negative? | if prices were cut further then total revenue would fall |
where do price takers operate? | in perfectly competitive markets |
what happens to revenues at high prices? | a fall in price will have an elastic price response causing total revenue to rise |