1. Suppose Pepsi Cola, which includes Mt. Dew and several other sodas, purchased Coca-Cola & Coke’s family of sodas to form one large mega-company. What do you believe would happen to the price of sodas in the United States?   2. What would happen to the remaining smaller suppliers? Use all the information we have learned on Supply & Demand and Market Structure and write about the effects. 3. How could a monopoly impact you as a consumer?

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1. Suppose Pepsi Cola, which includes Mt. Dew and several other sodas, purchased Coca-Cola & Coke’s family of sodas to form one large mega-company. What do you believe would happen to the price of sodas in the United States?  

2. What would happen to the remaining smaller suppliers? Use all the information we have learned on Supply & Demand and Market Structure and write about the effects.

3. How could a monopoly impact you as a consumer?

 

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