In a Six-Firm Market,if All Firms Charge the Monopoly Price,the

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In a six-firm market,if all firms charge the monopoly price,the profit equals $120,000.In that same six-firm market,if all firms instead charge the prevailing price,the profit is $60,000.If the pricing period is one-month long,what is the maximum monthly discount rate implied for each firm to still have an incentive to independently price at the monopoly level?

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