Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Chapter 17, Problem 6IAPA
Use the following information to work Problems 5 and 6.
Sony announces Smart Tennis Sensor
Tennis racket maker Babolat introduced its smart racket Play Pure Drive in 2013. Smash and Shot Stats soon followed. Now Sony is partnering with Wilson to make Smart Tennis Sensor, a device that sits at the bottom of a racket’s handle and tracks every metric and statistic that a tennis player or coach could need.
Explain why the economic profit that Babolat and Sony make in this market is likely to be temporary. Draw a graph to illustrate the outcome in the long run. Show the excess capacity and markup in the long run.
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Sony announces Smart Tennis Sensor
Tennis racket maker Babolat introduced its smart racket
Play Pure Drive in 2013. Smash and Shot Stats soon
followed. Now Sony is partnering with Wilson to make
Smart Tennis Sensor, a device that sits at the bottom of a
racket's handle and tracks every metric and statistic that a
tennis player or coach could need.
Source: Gizmag August 22, 2014
Explain why the economic profit that Babolat and Sony
make in this market is likely to be temporary.
Draw a graph to illustrate the outcome in the long run.
Show the excess capacity and markup in the long run.
Babolat's and Sony's economic profit from smart rackets is
likely to be temporary because
OA. other firms will enter the market and demand for
rackets made by Babolat and Sony will decrease
OB. the number of tennis players is likely to decrease
OC. other firms will enter the market and the supply of
smart rackets made by Babolat and Sony will
decrease
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Dana pays $200 a month for a Web server and Internet
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The table shows the demand schedule for Dana's
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What is Dana's profit-maximizing output, price, and
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Kali pays $600 a month for a Web server and Internet connection. The rings that customers design
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The table shows the demand schedule for Kali's
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Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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