The XYZ Manufacturing Company Produces Ball Bearings

question 42

Short Answer

The XYZ manufacturing company produces ball bearings. The annual fixed cost is $20,000 and the variable cost per ball bearing is $3. The price is related to demand according to the following equation: 1000 - 8p.
-What is the optimal production quantity?

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance or frequency of information that is readily available to them.

Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic

A mental shortcut that influences the way people intuitively assess probabilities and make decisions based on initial information.

Escalation of Commitment

The phenomenon of investing increasingly more resources into a failing course of action due to cognitive biases and sunk costs.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.