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ECP 6705 – First Problem Set Fall, 2014 Name or Names: (if a group of two) 1. Write a memo to UWF COB Dean Tim O’Keefe explaining why you believe offering a tuition increase for the next semester MBA students will increase total revenue (assume that he has heard of elasticity, but is no expert on the subject). 2. Mentone Cabins recently reduced price by 20 percent and saw volume increase by 10 percent. Should the owners reduce price further? 3. The DMC short-run average cost function in 2012 was (AC = 3 + 4Q) a. Give the short-run total cost function b. Derive the marginal cost function c. If the current price is $3, is the firm making profit or loss? …show more content…

b. Do you think that the demand curve for cigarettes is the same now as it was in 1918? If not, describe in detail several factors that have shifted the demand curve and whether each has shifted it to the left or right. 12. What is a freemium business model? Google the term and give an example of a company. Explain how revenue is derived in this model (e.g., the two common revenue sources) for your example company. 13. Suppose the following table illustrates total value to the widget customer Units Purchased Total Value for all Units to the Customer (in $) 0 0 1 10 2 15 3 18 4 20 5 21 a. If you set P=4.9, how many units will you sell? b. Why will you fail to sell 4 units (even though average utility > price)? 14. Suppose QT = 150 (8 – PT) and QL = 180 (5 – PL) and MC=1.2 for each market. Calculate the optimal PT and PL. 15. If the price elasticity of demand for transit systems is -0.3, by what percentage will a new 20% price increase affect transit

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