A medical device manufacturer sells its sterilization equipment in a market with an inverse demand curve of P = 6,000 – 40OQ, where Q is the number of sterilizers in thousands, and P is the price per unit. Suppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act levies a tax on medical devices. Assume the tax raises tbe maroinal cost of prod uction from

A medical device manufacturer sells its sterilization equipment in a market with an inverse demand curve of P = 6,000 – 40OQ, where Q is the number of sterilizers in thousands, and P is the price per unit. Suppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act levies a tax on medical devices. Assume the tax raises tbe maroinal cost of prod uction from

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