Jonny and Chen Brad Baxter have just made a documentary movie about their basketball team. They are thinking about making the movie available for download on the Internet, and they can act as a single- price monopolist if they choose to. Each time the movie is downloaded ,their Internet service provider charges them a fee of $4. They are now arguing about which price to charge customers per download. The accompanying table shows the demand schedule for their film. Price per download Quantity of download demanded $10 8 1 4 2 10 15 a. Calculate the total revenue and the marginal revenue per download. b. They are proud of the film and wants as many people as possible to download it. Which price would they choose? How many downloads would be sold? c. They want as much total revenue as possible. Which price would he choose? How many downloads would be sold?

Jonny and Chen Brad Baxter have just made a documentary movie about their basketball team. They are thinking about making the movie available for download on the Internet, and they can act as a single- price monopolist if they choose to. Each time the movie is downloaded ,their Internet service provider charges them a fee of $4. They are now arguing about which price to charge customers per download. The accompanying table shows the demand schedule for their film. Price per download Quantity of download demanded $10 8 1 4 2 10 15 a. Calculate the total revenue and the marginal revenue per download. b. They are proud of the film and wants as many people as possible to download it. Which price would they choose? How many downloads would be sold? c. They want as much total revenue as possible. Which price would he choose? How many downloads would be sold?

Survey Of Economics

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337111522

Author:Tucker, Irvin B.

Publisher:Tucker, Irvin B.

Chapter8: Monopoly

Section: Chapter Questions

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