You are the manager of a monopoly. Your analytics department estimates that a typical consumer’s inverse demand function for your firm’s product is P = 400 −20Q, and your cost function is C(Q) = 120Q.a. Determine the optimal two-part pricing strategy.  Per-unit fee: $   Fixed fee: $ b. How much additional profit do you earn using a two-part pricing strategy compared with charging this consumer a per-unit price?

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You are the manager of a monopoly. Your analytics department estimates that a typical consumer’s inverse demand function for your firm’s product is P = 400 −20Q, and your cost function is C(Q) = 120Q.

a. Determine the optimal two-part pricing strategy.
 

Per-unit fee: $

 

Fixed fee: $


b. How much additional profit do you earn using a two-part pricing strategy compared with charging this consumer a per-unit price?

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