Integration refers to the act or process of uniting
different things.
Or
Is the calculation of an integral to find many
useful quantities such as area volume and displacement.
Business integration is the process where a business
merge or take over another business. Integration can be used in business or
economics to calculate the various economic problem as i mentioned and
explained below;
1. Cost functions from marginal cost functions
If C is the cost of producing an output x, then
marginal cost function MC = dc/dxUsing integration, as the reverse process of
differentiation, we obtain, Cost function C = ∫ ( MC ) dx + k
Where k is the constant of integration which is to
be evaluated.
2. Revenue functions from Marginal revenue functions
If R is the total revenue function when the output
is x, then marginal revenue MR = dR/dx Integrating with respect to ‘ x ’ we get
Revenue Function, R = ∫ ( MR ) dx + k. Where ‘k’ is
the constant of integration which can be evaluated under given conditions, when
x = 0, the total revenue R = 0,
Demand Function, P=R/x, x ≠ 0
3. Consumer’s surplus:
This theory was developed by the great economist
Marshal. The demand function reveals the relationship between the quantities
that the people would buy at a given price. It can be expressed as p = f (x)
Let us assume that the demand of the product x =
x0 when the price is p0. But there can
some consumer who is ready to pay q0 which is more than p for the same quantity
x0. Any consumer who is ready to pay the price more than p0 gains from the fact
that the price is only p0. This gain is called the consumer’s surplus.
Its formula is as follows;
4. Producer surplus
A supply function g(x) represents the quantity that
can be supplied at a price p. Let p0 be the market price for the corresponding
supply xo . But there can be some producers who are willing to supply the
commodity below the market price gain from the fact that the price is p0. This
gain is called the producer’s surplus. Mathematically, producer’s surplus (PS)
can be defined as,
PS = (Area of the rectangle OAPB) − (Area below the
supply function from x = 0 to x = x0 )
Its formula
is as follows;
References
Paul M. Duvall, Steve Matyas, Andrew GloverReleased
June 2007 Publisher(s): AddisonWesley ProfessionalISBN: None
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