Imagine that you own a local fitness gym in your hometown called "U-Fit." You have done well over the last few years and have enough capital to acquire another hometown company, "Power Kore, " that makes nutritional protein shakes. Why would it be a good idea for you to undertake a vertical merger or acquisition of this sort?

White truffles are a very prized and rare edible fungus that grow naturally in the countryside near alba, italy. suppose that it costs $200 per day to search for white truffles. on an average day, the total number of white truffles (t) found in alba is t = 20x − x 2 , where x is the number of people searching for white truffles on that day. white truffles can be sold for $100 each. if there is no regulation, how many more people will be searching for white truffles than the socially optimal number?