Glyde Air Fresheners is the price leader in the solid room aromatizer industry, which has a total market demand given by Q = 80 2P. Glyde has competition from a fringe of four small firms that produce where their individual marginal costs equal the market price. The fringe firms each have total costs given by TC;=10Q;+2Q2 and MC-10+4Qi Glyde's total costs are given by TCG = 100 + 6QG and MCG = 6 a. Complete the followers' supply equation QS= b. Complete Glyde's residual demand equation (Q-QS). QG= c. Compute Glyde's profit maximizing output level QG*= (Hint: 1. Set P=MC; 2. Solve P=10+4Q; for Qi. 3. QS-N*QS.) and Price PG=$ d. Compute the output level produced by four firms Qs= and the total market output level Q*=

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Glyde Air Fresheners is the price leader in the solid room aromatizer industry, which has a total market demand given by Q = 80
2P. Glyde has competition from a fringe of four small firms that produce where their individual marginal costs equal the
market price. The fringe firms each have total costs given by TC;=10Q;+2Q2 and MC-10+4Qi
Glyde's total costs are given by TCG = 100 + 6QG and MCG = 6
a. Complete the followers' supply equation QS=
b. Complete Glyde's residual demand equation (Q-QS). QG=
c. Compute Glyde's profit maximizing output level QG*=
(Hint: 1. Set P=MC; 2. Solve P=10+4Q; for Qi. 3. QS-N*QS.)
and Price PG=$
d. Compute the output level produced by four firms Qs=
and the total market output level Q*=
Transcribed Image Text:Glyde Air Fresheners is the price leader in the solid room aromatizer industry, which has a total market demand given by Q = 80 2P. Glyde has competition from a fringe of four small firms that produce where their individual marginal costs equal the market price. The fringe firms each have total costs given by TC;=10Q;+2Q2 and MC-10+4Qi Glyde's total costs are given by TCG = 100 + 6QG and MCG = 6 a. Complete the followers' supply equation QS= b. Complete Glyde's residual demand equation (Q-QS). QG= c. Compute Glyde's profit maximizing output level QG*= (Hint: 1. Set P=MC; 2. Solve P=10+4Q; for Qi. 3. QS-N*QS.) and Price PG=$ d. Compute the output level produced by four firms Qs= and the total market output level Q*=
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