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Imagine there are only two kinds of milk consumers in Quebec. For one kind consumer,
if they purchase q liters of milk at cost π they get utility 13√q − π.
For the other kind, if they purchase q liters of milk at cost π they get utilty 24√q − π.
What is the optimal selling plan for the milk monopoly? They must choose both the
package sizes and payments.
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- Barbara is a producer in a monopoly industry. Her demand curve and total cost curve are given by Q = 160 - 4P and TC = 4Q. Barbara will produce ✓ units. Barbara will charge a price of Barbara will make a profit of Suppose now the government imposes a tax of 4 dollars on each unit sold. With the tax: Barbara will produce ✓ units. Barbara will receive a price per unit of higher). Barbara will make a profit of In addition to the tax, suppose the government imposes a business levy (a fixed cost) of $500. With this levy: Barbara will produce Barbara will charge a price of Barbara will make a profit of ✓. Note: we're looking for the Barbara receives, not the price consumers pay (which will be ✓ units. ✓. Note: we're looking for the Barbara receives, not the price consumers pay (which will be higher).Hot Air Balloon Rides is a single-price monopoly. Columns 1 and 2 of the table set out the market demand schedule and columns 2 and 3 set out the total cost schedule. Now suppose that the government places a fixed tax on Hot Air's profit of $50 a month. Calculate Hot Air's new profit-maximizing output and price. When Hot Air is producing its new profit-maximizing output, the number of rides it produces is a month and the profit-maximizing price of a ride is $ >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. C Price (dollars per ride) 180 170 160 150 140 130 Quantity (rides per month) 0 G A WNIO 2 3 4 5 Total cost (dollars per month) 25 150 285 430 585 750Hot Air Balloon Rides is a single-price monopoly. Columns 1 and 2 of the table set out the market demand schedule and columns 2 and 3 set out the total cost schedule. Now suppose that the government places a fixed tax on Hot Air's profit of $40 a month. Calculate Hot Air's new profit-maximizing output and price. When Hot Air is producing its new profit-maximizing output, the number of rides it produces is a month and the profit-maximizing price of a ride is $ >>> Answer to 1 decimal place. CH Price (dollars per ride) 150 140 130 120 110 100 Quantity (rides per month) 0 1 2345 Total cost (dollars per month) 50 175 310 455 610 775
- Each consumer has the following demand for annual visits to Planet Fitness: Q = 100 - P, where Q is the number of visits to Planet Fitness per year and P is the price per visit. In western Maryland, Planet Fitness has a monopoly on the gym market in the area. If the marginal cost of serving each customer is $10 per visit, what is the optimal two-part tariff that Planet Fitness could charge each customer? Annual fee = $4,050; P = $10 for each visit Annual fee = $5,000; P = $0 for each visit. Annual fee = $4,050; P = $0 for each visit. Annual fee = $5,000; P = $10 for each visit.A movie production company is planning to make its new movie available online so that it can enjoy monopoly power. Each time the movie is downloaded the production company has to pay 4 taka to the internet service provider. Now it is deciding what price to charge for each download. The numbers below shows the demand schedule for the company, Price per download dollar - 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0. Quantity of downloads demands 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15. a) Calculate the total revenue and marginal revenue per download. b) To maximize profit what price should be charged and how many downloads would need to be sold?Currently the market for domestic air travel in OzLand is a monopoly with Qanwings as the supplier. A new supplier, Cheap Flights, enters the market. Suppliers in the market compete by simultaneously choosing the quantity of flights they will supply. Which of the following is most likely to occur after the entry of the new supplier to the market for domestic air travel? a.The total quantity of flights will increase. b.The total quantity of flights will not change. c.The total quantity of flights will decrease. d. It is not possible to say what will happen to the quantity of flights.
- Suppose a monopoly's price elasticity of demand equals -2 and the marginal cost of production equals $400.00. The profit-maximizing price is $ - (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to two decimal places.) What will be the firm's markup? When maximizing profit, the monopoly's markup is percent. (Round your response to the nearest percent.) tv 20 MacBook Air DII 80 F7 F4 F3 F2 & @ %23 3 4 7 9 { W E R T Y 一 P F G H J K > C V command op nd ...- * C0 BConsider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. The following graph shows the demand curve for phone services, the company's marginal revenue curve (labeled MR), its marginal cost curve (labeled MC), and its average total cost curve (labeled AC). (Hint: Click a point on the graph to see its exact coordinates.) PRICE (Dollars per month) 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 0 1 MR 2 3 4 567 QUANTITY (Thousands of households per month) AC MC D 8 (?)The figure to the right shows the market demand for electricity and the average total cost and marginal cost of producing electricity for a utility company. Suppose the utility company is a regulated natural monopoly. If government regulators want to achieve economic efficiency, then they will regulate a price of $ per kilowatt hour. (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to two decimal places) Now suppose instead that government regulators want to eat the lowest price such that the utility company will not suffer a loss so that it will continue to produce in the long run. If so, then i government regulators will set a price of $ per kilowatt hour. Price and cost (dollars per kilowatt hour) 0.52 048 044- 040- 0.36 0324 0.26 0.24 0.20 0.16 0.12 0.06 004 0.00+ ATC MC 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 Quantity of kilowatt hours (in billions)
- Will a monopoly ever provide a Pareto efficient level of output on its own ?There is a monopoly with a cost function: C = 20Q + 10O. They have a demand function: P = 250 – 4Q. They are able to engage in Two-Part Pricing. What is the per-use price that they charge? Type in only the number: no letters, $, commas or other symbols, but you should include a minus sign or decimal point if there is one. Per-unit price = Enter your answer hereIs a monopoly still subject the laws of supply and demand? How can it use these laws to its advantage?
