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Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)

Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)

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Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)
Transcribed Image Text:Charlie has invented an ice cream that never melts. As it is the first of its kind and currently hard to replicate, Charlie operates as a profit maximising monopolist. His marginal cost of production for each tub of ice-cream is $18 per tub. Below is a table of potential prices he could charge for each tub of ice cream and the corresponding quantities. Price ($/tub) Quantity (tubs ) 30 10 28 20 26 30 24 40 22 50 20 60 What is Charlie's profit maximising quantity? Answer to the nearest whole number of tubs (with no decimal places)
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