Suppose the daily market demand for meat in a small town is given by

Qd = 5/3p^2

where Qd is the quantity demanded (pounds of meat), and p is the price per pound of meat.

Suppose this market is served by a profit-maximizing monopolist (that is, there is only one butcher in this town). Suppose also that the price charged per pound of meat is $0.50. The monopolist's marginal cost must be .

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500