Perfect Flights, a commercial airline, has a monopoly on the
route it flies. It decides to charge each passenger a price exactly
equal to what the passenger is willing to pay. Use the graph above
to calculate the profit for Perfect Flights.
Since the profit maximizing condition of the perfectly competitive firm is
P=MC
Since Perfect Flights, a commercial airline, has a monopoly on the route it flies. It decides to charge each passenger a price exactly equal to what the passenger is willing to pay.
Hence profit maximizing condition of the perfectly competitive firm is
P=MC
Hence price will be=100
Q=200
Profit=(P-MC)Q
=(100-100)*200
=$0
This is because P and MC are equal because there is no fixed cost.
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The graph below shows the demand for airline tickets for
Discriminating Fliers, which has a monopoly on its direct route
from Maine to Scotland.This airline used to charge $450 per
customer. But now it charges $300 to customers who buy their
tickets at least two weeks in advance and $600 to customers who do
not. To ensure that late buyers will get tickets, Discriminating
Fliers sets aside 75 tickets for them. Click the areas that
represent additional net revenue when...
The graph below shows the demand for airline tickets for
Discriminating Fliers, which has a monopoly on its direct route
from Maine to Scotland.
This airline used to charge $450 per customer. But now it
charges $300 to customers who buy their tickets at least two weeks
in advance and $600 to customers who do not. To ensure that late
buyers will get tickets, Discriminating Fliers sets aside 75
tickets for them. Click the areas that represent additional net
revenue...
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