Suppose that a price-searcher firm was going to use a first degree price discrimination strategy. The demand for their product is given by: QD= 205 -0.5P. The firm has a constant marginal cost of $68.00 per unit. Calculate the producer surplus the firm would earn from this strategy.

Suppose that a price-searcher firm was going to use a first degree price discrimination strategy. The demand for their product is given by: QD= 205 -0.5P. The firm has a constant marginal cost of $68.00 per unit. Calculate the producer surplus the firm would earn from this strategy.

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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