Slick Shades has a constant marginal cost of production equal to $40 and the distributors have a constant marginal cost of distribution equal to $20. If Slick Shades is producing the profit-maximizing number of sunglasses (in hundreds) and charging the profit-maximizing wholesale price, what is the retail price?
The figure above shows the wholesale demand and marginal revenue curves for Slick Shades Sunglasses, a sunglasses firm with market power. Slick Shades Sunglasses has a constant marginal cost of production and it sells to perfectly competitive independent retail distributors that have a constant marginal cost of distribution.
A) $160
B) $140
C) $150
D) $120
B) $140
You might also like to view...
The Federal Reserve System is owned by
a. federal government agencies such as the Treasury b. the Congress of the United States c. the banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System d. the legislatures of all 50 states e. people who have deposits in member banks
If Sweden exports cell phones to Denmark and Denmark exports butter to Sweden, which of the following would explain this pattern of trade?
A) Sweden has a lower opportunity cost of producing cell phones than Denmark and Denmark has a comparative advantage in producing butter. B) The opportunity cost of producing butter in Denmark is higher than the opportunity cost of producing butter in Sweden. C) Sweden must have an absolute advantage in producing cell phones and Denmark must have an absolute advantage in producing butter. D) Sweden has a higher opportunity cost of producing cell phones than Denmark, and Denmark has a higher opportunity cost of producing butter.