1. Suppose we live in a world where the widgets market is a monopolistically competitive market with homogenous firms (i.e. no productivity differences among firms). There are two countries: A and B. In each country, consumer demand for widgets can be written as Q = S x-x (P – P), where n is the number of widget firms, P the price of widget charged by the firm, and P the average price of widget by other firms in the market. Moreover, widget firms in both countries have the same total cost function, which is C = 750 + (5 × Q). It is also given that marginal revenue of each firm can be written as MR = P – 300 Total demand for widget in country A is SA = 900 and Sg = 1600 in country %3D

1. Suppose we live in a world where the widgets market is a monopolistically competitive market with homogenous firms (i.e. no productivity differences among firms). There are two countries: A and B. In each country, consumer demand for widgets can be written as Q = S x-x (P – P), where n is the number of widget firms, P the price of widget charged by the firm, and P the average price of widget by other firms in the market. Moreover, widget firms in both countries have the same total cost function, which is C = 750 + (5 × Q). It is also given that marginal revenue of each firm can be written as MR = P – 300 Total demand for widget in country A is SA = 900 and Sg = 1600 in country %3D

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