An Obscure Inventor in Strasburg, North Dakota, Has a Monopoly

question 20

Multiple Choice

An obscure inventor in Strasburg, North Dakota, has a monopoly on a new beverage called Bubbles, which produces an unexplained craving for Lawrence Welk music.Bubbles is produced by the following process: Q =min{R/3, W}, where R is pulverized Lawrence Welk records and W is gallons of North Dakota well water.P_R =P_W = $1.Demand for Bubbles is Q = 1,024P^-2A^0.5.If the advertising budget for Bubbles is $100, the profit-maximizing quantity of Bubbles is

• A)640.
• B)40.
• C)0.
• D)160.
• E)156.

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Hallucinogens

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