3.3 - revenue + profit Flashcards
Revenue and profit
Total revenue
The total amount of money a business accumulates due to selling of G / S
Total revenue formula
Price per unit x quantity sold
Average revenue
Revenue earned from selling one G/S
Average revenue formula
Total revenue / Quantity
Marginal revenue
The additional revenue gained from selling one extra unit
Marginal revenue formula
Change in total revenue /
Change in quantity
Profit
Financial gain following costs spent and revenue earned
Loss
A minus following costs spent and revenue earned
Profit / loss formula
TR - TC
Accounting profit
Profit after deductions of explicit costs from revenue
(Explicit costs = normal business expenses (wages / raw materials))
Normal profit
When implicit + explicit costs = TR
When a firm generates 0 economic profit
When all resources are being used efficiently
Supernormal profit
Excess profit made above the minimum amount needed to keep a firm in the market