If a monopolistic competitive firm raises its price, then group of answer choices it will be able to increase its profits. it can sell all it wants because it faces a horizontal demand curve. it should expect to lose all of its customers because there are many other sellers of the product. this is a trick question because the firm does not have the ability to change its price. it should expect to lose some, but not all, of its customers.

At a student café, there are equal numbers of two types of customers with the following values. the café owner cannot distinguish between the two types of students because many students without early classes arrive early anyway (i.e., she cannot price-discriminate). students with early classes students without early classes coffee 70 60 banana 51 101 the marginal cost of coffee is 10 and the marginal cost of a banana is 40. the café owner is considering three pricing strategies: 1. mixed bundling: price bundle of coffee and a banana for 161, or just a coffee for 70. 2. price separately: offer coffee at 60, price a banana at 101. 3. bundle only: coffee and a banana for 121. do not offer goods separately. assume that if the price of an item or bundle is no more than exactly equal to a student's willingness to pay, then the student will purchase the item or bundle. for simplicity, assume there is just one student with an early class, and one student without an early class. price strategy revenue from pricing strategy cost from pricing strategy profit from pricing strategy 1. mixed bundling $ $ $ 2. price separately $ $ $ 3. bundle only $ $ $ pricing strategy yields the highest profit for the café owner.

Anita has been named ceo of a popular sports apparel company. as ceo, she is tasked with setting the firm's corporate strategy. which of the following decisions is anita most likely to makea) whether to pursue a differentiation or cost leadership strategy b) which customer segments to target c) how to achieve the highest levels of customer satisfaction d) what range of products the firm should offer

Which of the following statements best reflects a price-taking firm? price-taking firms maximize profits by charging a price above marginal cost. the firm can sell only a limited amount of output at the market price before the market price will fall. if the firm were to charge more than the going price, it would sell none of its goods. the firm has an incentive to charge less than the market price to earn higher revenue.