Graphically, how does a monopolistically competitive firm determine its profit-maximizing price?
A) It accepts the price set by the industry-wide forces of supply and demand.
B) Graphically, it finds the place where MR = MC and charges the price directly to the left of that point.
C) The firm's pricing structure is set by government regulators.
D) The firm determines its profit-maximizing output and then charges the price associated with the point on its demand curve directly above that quantity.
D
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A) U.S. export good. B) capital good. C) government good. D) U.S. consumption service. E) U.S. import.
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What will be the new price of these sweaters? Suppose the manager tells you to raise the prices back up by 20%. What is the new price of the sweaters? Why is your answer not the same as the original price of the sweaters? What importance does this have for why the midpoint formula is used in calculating price elasticity?