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Acme Steel supplies metal to two markets: 1 and 2. The market demand is the same in both markets. Specifically, the demand function in market 1 is p1 = 10 – q1, and in market 2 the demand function is p2 = 10 – q2 . In market 1, Acme Steel (hereafter called A) is a monopolist, whereas in market 2 there is another firm (call it B). Thus, in market 2, p2 = 10 – q2A – q2B , where q2A + q2B = q2 ; q2A and q2B are quantities supplied in market 2 by A and B respectively. Assume each firm's marginal cost of production is 0.5. There is no fixed cost.