Economics:
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Author: BOYES, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 25, Problem 16E
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The graph below shows the Market conditions of Honey’s Laundry service, which is the only laundry in Arizon Residential Area. Considering the shop as a Monopoly market, answer the following questions:
(a)In order to maximize profit, how many clothes does the shop clean?[Answer in numerical value only without any unit]
(b)If the opening of five new laundries turns it into a perfectly competitive market, what should be the price Sunny’s laundry be charging now?[Answer in numerical value only without any unit]
(c)Compute the change in total revenue between part a and part b.[Answer in numerical value only without any unit]
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Different between the monopoly market and perfect competition market.
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Comparing a perfectly competitive market to a monopoly, which of the following is true?
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Price will be higher than marginal cost in the perfectly competitive market but will beequal to marginal cost in the monopoly.
Price will be equal to marginal revenue in the perfectly competitive market but will behigher than marginal revenue in the monopoly.
at that point on the market demand curve which intersects the marginal cost curve.
Price will be higher and quantity will be lower in the perfectly competitive market than inthe monopoly.
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