Always Round Tire Is the Only Producer of Tires for the New

question 37

Essay

Always Round Tire is the only producer of tires for the new British import, the Maxi Copper. Demand for a set of four tires is P = 800 - 5Q while the costs to Always Round are: MC = 15Q. What would be the monopoly price and quantity? What would happen to price and quantity if the market were perfectly competitive (assuming the same costs)?

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