Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)

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Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As
it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate,
Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His
marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream
is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he
could charge for each tub of ice cream and the
corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs
) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is
Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the
nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)
Transcribed Image Text:Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)
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