When Apple introduced its first portable media player, the iPod, its constant marginal co of producing the top-of-the-line model was $200 (iSuppli), its fixed cost was approximately $736 million, and we estimate that its inverse demand function was p=600 - 25Q, where Q is units measured in millions. What was Apple's average cost function? Assuming that Apple was maximizing its short-run monopoly profit, what was its marginal revenue function? What were its profit-maximizing price and quantity, profi

When Apple introduced its first portable media player, the iPod, its constant marginal co of producing the top-of-the-line model was $200 (iSuppli), its fixed cost was approximately $736 million, and we estimate that its inverse demand function was p=600 - 25Q, where Q is units measured in millions. What was Apple's average cost function? Assuming that Apple was maximizing its short-run monopoly profit, what was its marginal revenue function? What were its profit-maximizing price and quantity, profi

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