Devlin-McGregor (https://devlinmacgregor.com/) is the sole producer of Provasic which is made using only Soma. One unit of Soma produces one unit of Provasic. There are no other inputs into the Provasic production process. Devlin-McGregor purchases Soma from a monopoly supplier of that product. Presently, the supplier charges Devlin-McGregor a constant amount per unit of Soma. The Soma supplier is contemplating a change in how it prices. In return for discounting the unit price of Soma by 100×α %, it wants 100×α % of Devlin-McGregor’s revenues from the sale of Provasic. Is there a choice of α ∈ [0, 1] which would make the Soma supplier better off?   Please, don't copy your answer from anywhere, and show your own work!

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Devlin-McGregor (https://devlinmacgregor.com/) is the sole producer of Provasic which is made using only Soma. One unit of Soma produces one unit of Provasic. There are no other inputs into the Provasic production process. Devlin-McGregor purchases Soma from a monopoly supplier of that product. Presently, the supplier charges Devlin-McGregor a constant amount per unit of Soma. The Soma supplier is contemplating a change in how it prices. In return for discounting the unit price of Soma by 100×α %, it wants 100×α % of Devlin-McGregor’s revenues from the sale of Provasic. Is there a choice of α ∈ [0, 1] which would make the Soma supplier better off?

 

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