13. Gouge-em Cable Company is the only cable television and Internet service company licensed to operate in Backwater County. Most of its costs are access fees and maintenance expenses. These fixed costs total $6,400,000 monthly. The marginal cost of adding another subscriber to its system is constant at $20 per month. Gouge-em's demand curve can be determined from the data in the accompanying table. NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS Subscription Price (PER MONTH) $250 20,000 200 40,000 150 60,000 100 80,000 50 100,000 10 150,000

Gouge-em Cable Company is the only cable television servicecompany licensed to operate in Backwater County. Most of itscosts are access fees and maintenance expenses. These fixed costs total $640,000 monthly. The marginal cost of addinganother subscriber to its system is constant at $2 per month.Gouge-em’s demand curve can be determined from the datain the accompanying table. a. What price will Gouge-em charge for its cable services?What are its profits at this price?b. Now suppose the Backwater County Public UtilityCommission has the data and believes that cablesubscription rates in the county are too expensive and thatGouge-em’s profits are unfairly high. What regulated pricewill it set so that Gouge-em makes only a normal rate ofreturn on its investment?

The following data describe the firm's monthly demand and monthly costs for a manufacturer of electronic components. 1. Complete the following cost and revenue schedules for this company. Total Average Marginal Marginal Cost per Variable Variable Average Price per Cost per Total Cost Revenue per Cost for Quantity of boxes of per box of box of 1000 units Total box of 1000 box of units Fixed Total box of Revenue units 1000 units 1000 units produced Cost Cost 1000 units 1000 units $0 $800 $800 $1,700 $1,575 $1,450 $1,325 1 $1,028 $1,074 $1,117 $1,184 $1,303 2 3 4 5 $1,200 6. $1,075 $950 $1,498 7 $1,753 8 $825 $2,103 (a) What is the profit maximizing (or loss minimizing) quantity of boxesthat this company should supply? Why? (b) What price will the company charge? How is this price determined? Will this result in economic profits? (c) If the company charged a higher price than what you found in (b) above, what would happen? (d) What market structure do you think this company participates…

Problem 11-04 (algo) ou are the manager of a monopoly that sells a product to two groups of consumers in different parts of the country. Analysts at your irm have determined that group 1's elasticity of demand is -5, while group 2's is -2. Your marginal cost of producing the product is 630 a. Determine your optimal markups and prices under third-degree price discrimination. Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to two decimal places. Markup for group 1: Price for group 1: $ Markup for group 2: Price for group 2 $ b. Which of the following are necessary conditions for third-degree price discrimination to enhance profits. Instructions: In order to receive full credit, you must make a selection for each option. For correct answer(s), click the box once to place a check mark. For incorrect answer(s), click twice to empty the box. ?At least one group has elasticity of demand greater than 1 in absolute value. ?At least one group has elasticity of demand less than one in absolute value.…