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XYZ Co. has a central manufacturing facility, located in Mobile, Alabama. At this facility it makes a product that it sells into two separate markets (West Coast and Mid-Atlantic).
The company estimates the weekly demand functions for two
markets to be as follows:
West Coast: Q = 4000 - 200P
Mid-Atlantic: Q = 6000 -400P
The product's cost function is estimated as follows:
TC = 2000 + 10Q
a. What is the company's weekly profit if the firm does not
practice discrimination in
pricing between the two markets.
b. What is the company's weekly profit if the firm does practice
discrimination in pricing
between the two markets.