Assume a monopoly has the following demand schedule: Price Quantity $20 ................200 15 ..................300 10 ..................500 5.....................700
Question:
Assume a monopoly has the following demand schedule:
Price Quantity
$20 ................200
15 ..................300
10 ..................500
5.....................700
a. Calculate total revenue at each P and Q combination.
b. Calculate marginal revenue per unit for each decrease in price.
c. For the change in price from $20 to $15, is demand elastic or inelastic? How much revenue does the firm lose from reducing the price on the 200 units it could have sold for $20? How much revenue does the firm gain from selling 100 more units at $15? Compare the two changes; then compare these changes with MR.
d. Answer part c for the price change from $15 to $10.
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Managerial Economics Foundations of Business Analysis and Strategy
ISBN: 978-0078021909
12th edition
Authors: Christopher Thomas, S. Charles Maurice