This is a Hotelling model question  There are two firms, A and B. Firm A has a marginal cost=$4, and Firm B has a marginal cost=$6.  For both:  N=4,000  V=max willingness to pay=$40  travel cost=$8/1mile Please find the best response functions for both firms and graph them.

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