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he monopolist: "You Can't Handle the Ruth" sells baseball cards. It has a fixed cost of...

  1. he monopolist: "You Can't Handle the Ruth" sells baseball cards. It has a fixed cost of $5000 in rent, and a variable cost of 2?. Q is t he number of baseball cars wehich are sold. The firm faces a market demand curve of P=200-Q.
  1. What is the firms profits maximizing equilibrium?
  2. How much profits is the firm making?
  3. Should it stay open or shut down?

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The equilibrium conditions for the monopolist is MR=MC. All the three parts are solved in detail.

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Rahul Sunny answered 2 months ago
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