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process of laser eye surgery

process of laser eye surgery
Economics- Maximizing Profit?

I am having some difficulty wrapping my head around this. Can anyone explain the process for this?

the questlaser eye surgeryser Eye Clinic (LEC) is the only provider of laser eye surgery in a medium-sized city. Its fixed costs are $2.5 million per year. Its variable (and marginal) cost of each surgery is $500. Demand for its surgeries can be written as P = 2,500 – 0.25Q, which means that MR = 2,500 – 0.50Q, where P is the price of the surgery, MR is marginal revenue, and Q is the number of surgeries performed each year.

How many surgeries will LEC perform each year to maximize profits?

I know the answer should be 4000.
But have no idea how to reach that.

Profit-maximizing rule is MR=MC, thus
MR=2’500-0.5Q
MC=500
2’500-0.5Q = 50lasik500-500 = 0.5Q
2’000 = Q/2
2×2’000=Q
Q = 4’000

Lasik Eye Surgery

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