Marginal, Average, and Total Revenue (AQA A-Level Economics): Flashcards

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Marginal, Average, and Total Revenue
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Total revenue (TR) calculation

Price per unit × quantity sold

Average revenue (AR) formula

AR=TRQAR = \frac{TR}{Q}

Marginal revenue (MR) formula

MR=ΔTRΔQMR = \frac{\Delta TR}{\Delta Q}

Meaning of 'marginal'

Change when one more unit produced/sold

Demand curve vs AR curve

Identical/same line

Effect on average when marginal > average

Average rises

Perfect competition: D, AR, MR

D = AR = MR (horizontal line)

Firm type in perfect competition

Price-taker

Firm type in monopoly

Price-maker

MR curve position in monopoly

Below AR curve

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