Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Imagine that the cell-phone market is made up of one large firm that leads the industry and sets its own
price first, while smaller firms in the industry follow. There are 20 such smaller firms, each with a supply
function of qi 55.00 +p/5 for i = 1,2,...,20 firms, while p is the per-unit price. Total market demand for
cell phones is given by the function Q 6,200.00-p. If the cost function for the leading firm is cL(qL) = 10
qL, calculate the following values: Leading firm's production: qL (Round to two decimals if necessary.)
Total follower firm production: qF (Round to two decimals if necessary.) Equilibrium price: p = $(
Round to two decimals if necessary.)
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