Price cap regulation does not provide incentives to firms to minimize their costs because firms cannot change prices. sets the maximum price these firms can charge. gives firms the incentive to exaggerate their costs. Both answers does not provide incentives to firms to minimize their costs because firms cannot change prices and gives firms the incentive to exaggerate their costs are correct. Both answers does not provide incentives to firms to minimize their costs because firms cannot change prices and sets the maximum price these firms can charge are correct.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)