Katie's Quilts is a small retailer of quilts and other bed linen products. Katie currently purchases quilts from a large producer for $60 each and sells them in her store at a price that does not change with the number of that she sells. Katie is considering vertically integrating by making her own quilts. If the fixed cost of vertically integrating is $10,000 and she can produce quilts at $50 per quilt, her total cost of producing quilts, q, hen C = 10,000+50q. How many quilts does Katie need to sell for vertical integration to be a profitable decision?

Katie's Quilts is a small retailer of quilts and other bed linen products. Katie currently purchases quilts from a large producer for $60 each and sells them in her store at a price that does not change with the number of that she sells. Katie is considering vertically integrating by making her own quilts. If the fixed cost of vertically integrating is $10,000 and she can produce quilts at $50 per quilt, her total cost of producing quilts, q, hen C = 10,000+50q. How many quilts does Katie need to sell for vertical integration to be a profitable decision?

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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