Pick one of your items. You have been contacted by a customer in Alaska who wants to purchase several of these items and wants you to ship the items to her. You have already established the cost per item and you will only charge the customer $5 to ship these items to Alaska. Suppose another company sells the same item but charges half of your price. However, if the customer buys from this company, she will be charged $20 in shipping costs. a. Write two equations to represent the customer's total cost based on how many items she buys from each of the two sellers-you and the other company. b. If the customer in Alaska wants to buy 5 items, from whom should she buy? Explain your answer. c. If the customer in Alaska wants to buy 50 items, from whom should she buy? Explain your answer.

Pick one of your items. You have been contacted by a customer in Alaska who wants to purchase several of these items and wants you to ship the items to her. You have already established the cost per item and you will only charge the customer $5 to ship these items to Alaska. Suppose another company sells the same item but charges half of your price. However, if the customer buys from this company, she will be charged $20 in shipping costs. a. Write two equations to represent the customer's total cost based on how many items she buys from each of the two sellers-you and the other company. b. If the customer in Alaska wants to buy 5 items, from whom should she buy? Explain your answer. c. If the customer in Alaska wants to buy 50 items, from whom should she buy? Explain your answer.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter10: Prices, Output, And Strategy: Pure And Monopolistic Competition

Section: Chapter Questions

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