Subject:Business economics Q.1): Apublisher faces the following demand schedule for the next novel from one its popular authors: Price                   Quantity demand $100                         0 novels 90                             100,000 80                              200,000 70                              300,000 60                               400,000 50                               500,000 40                               600,000 30                               700,000 20                                800,000 10                                900,000 0                                1,000,000 the author is paid $2 million to write the book & the marginal cost of publishing the book is a constant $10 per book a) compute total revenue, total cost and paid at each qty. what quantity would a profit -maximizing publisher choose? what price would it charge? b) compute marginal revenue (recall that MR=change TR/Change Q). How does marginal revenue compare to the price? explain

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Q.1): Apublisher faces the following demand schedule for the next novel from one its popular authors:

Price                   Quantity demand

$100                         0 novels

90                             100,000

80                              200,000

70                              300,000

60                               400,000

50                               500,000

40                               600,000

30                               700,000

20                                800,000

10                                900,000

0                                1,000,000

the author is paid $2 million to write the book & the marginal cost of publishing the book is a constant $10 per book

a) compute total revenue, total cost and paid at each qty. what quantity would a profit -maximizing publisher choose? what price would it charge?

b) compute marginal revenue (recall that MR=change TR/Change Q). How does marginal revenue compare to the price? explain

 

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