In 1990, the town of Ham Harbour had a more-or-less free market in taxi services. Any respectable firm could provide taxi services as long as the drivers and cabs satisfied certain safety standards. Let us suppose that the marginal cost per trip of a taxi ride is $18, and that the average taxi has a capacity of 10 trips per day. There are no other costs. Let the demand function for taxi rides be given by D(p) = 2100 – 10p, where demand is measured in rides per day, and price is measured in dollars. Assume that the industry is perfectly competitive. Dort 1.

In 1990, the town of Ham Harbour had a more-or-less free market in taxi services. Any respectable firm could provide taxi services as long as the drivers and cabs satisfied certain safety standards. Let us suppose that the marginal cost per trip of a taxi ride is $18, and that the average taxi has a capacity of 10 trips per day. There are no other costs. Let the demand function for taxi rides be given by D(p) = 2100 – 10p, where demand is measured in rides per day, and price is measured in dollars. Assume that the industry is perfectly competitive. Dort 1.

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