If a Monopoly Firm Sells to Competitive Distributors and the Distributors

question 2

Multiple Choice

If a monopoly firm sells to competitive distributors and the distributors have a constant marginal cost of $8 and they are paying the profit- maximizing wholesale price of $20, what is the retail price of the product?

• A)$8
• B)$28
• C)$12
• D)$20

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Resource Consumption

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