More Parts Liquidators specializes in buying excess parts inventories for resale or to incorporate into other products. They recently purchased parts for $100,000 and they have a buyer willing to pay $120,000. The company can also incorporate these parts into a new product at a cost of $75,000 and sell the new product for $190,000. What should More Parts Liquidators do?

Sell the parts without any processing because the profit is higher ($20,000 vs $15,000)

Explanation:

they have two options:

The best option is A, to sell the parts without any processing because the profit is higher and they do not have to spend more money.

answer: in the short-run firms will respond by raising the price of turkey.

explanation: initially the long-run equilibrium is at a price of $5 per pound of turkey and a quantity of 50 million pounds per year. now, when webmd claims that a protein found in turkey will increase your expected lifespan by 4 years. the consumers demand for turkey will increase at every price shifting the demand curve to the right from d1 to d2. while, there will be no change in the supply curve in the short-run as it is not possible for producers to adjust supply so quickly. as a result the new equilibrium will occur at a higher price and a higher quantity of turkey.

thus, in the short run firms will respond by increasing the price of turkey, selling more quantity at a higher price and earning economic profits.