Ellen's Painting Services is a perfectly competitive firm that currently paints 10 houses a month and charges $100 per house, which is the going market price. Ellen's marginal cost is positively related with the quantity of service she provides and is currently $120. What should Ellen do to increase her economic profit? Paint more houses? Raise her price? Explain your answer.
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