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Bikes LLC is a company that manufactures and sells motorcycles in North America. It has the following demand function for its motorcycles: P = 30,000 – 100Q Bikes LLC has a marginal cost (MC) that is constant and equal to $4,000. What will Bikes LLC’s price be if it decides to sell the motorcycles by itself? What will the price be if it sells them though MC Dealership, LLC an independent distributor? Consider that when Bikes LLC contracts with MC Dealership, LLC, it takes into account that MC Dealership, LLC faces the same demand curve. Assume that (MC) is constant and equal to $4,000. What is the impact of distributing the motorcycles through MC Dealership, LLC on the price of the motorcycles? Be sure to explain and interpret your calculations.
IN A MARKET OF MONOPLOY , A MONOPOLIST CHARGES A HIGHER PRICE AS HE/SHE IS THE SINGLE SELLER IN THE MARKET , THEREBY , , SELLING A LOWER QUANTITY THAN HE/SHE COULD HAVE HAD HE CHARGED A PRICE CHARGED IN A PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET....ON THE OTHER HAND , SELLING A GODD IN A PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET , AN INDIVIDUAL FIRM IS PRICE TAKER WHEREAS THE INDUSTRY , OF WHICH THE FIRM IS PART OF , IS THE PRICE MAKER....EACH FIRM IN THE INDUSTRY FACES THE SAME PRICE AND PRICE REMAINS CONSTANT IN THE MARKET...IT IS DUE TO THIS REASON LARGER AMOUNT OF QUANTITY IS SOLD IN PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET THAN THE MONOPLOY.....