Doan's Headphones company is innovative enough to have a monopoly in their market where they sell 80 million headphones each year. The marginal cost of making headphones is very low and Doan's analytic's department realize that if it dropped prices by 30% sales would rise enough that the company's profits would also increase. This result suggests that at Doan's current output: Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a MC=MR b MC is lower than MR MC is higher than MR

Doan's Headphones company is innovative enough to have a monopoly in their market where they sell 80 million headphones each year. The marginal cost of making headphones is very low and Doan's analytic's department realize that if it dropped prices by 30% sales would rise enough that the company's profits would also increase. This result suggests that at Doan's current output: Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a MC=MR b MC is lower than MR MC is higher than MR

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