Is it a good idea for a country to increase trade restrictions to get another to decrease their trade restrictions?

the question using the following data, which show all available techniques for producing 20 units of a particular commodityresource resource prices possible production techniques#1 #2 #3 #4 #5land $4 2 4 2 4 4labor 3 1 2 4 1 3capital 3 5 2 3 1 2entrepreneurial ability 2 3 1 1 4 1assuming that the firm is motivated by self-interest and that the 20 units that can be produced with each technique can be sold for $2 per unit, the firm will

"jake’s roof repair has provided the following data concerning its costs: fixed cost per month cost per repair-hour wages and salaries $ 20,900 $ 15.00 parts and supplies $ 7.70 equipment depreciation $ 2,800 $ 0.35 truck operating expenses $ 5,720 $ 1.60 rent $ 4,690 administrative expenses $ 3,850 $ 0.50 for example, wages and salaries should be $20,900 plus $15.00 per repair-hour. the company expected to work 2,600 repair-hours in may, but actually worked 2,500 repair-hours. the company expects its sales to be $47.00 per repair-hour. required: compute the company’s activity variances for may."

Until recently, hamburgers at the city sports arena cost $4.70 each. the food concessionaire sold an average of 13 comma 000 hamburgers on game night. when the price was raised to $5.40, hamburger sales dropped off to an average of 6 comma 000 per night. (a) assuming a linear demand curve, find the price of a hamburger that will maximize the nightly hamburger revenue. (b) if the concessionaire had fixed costs of $1 comma 500 per night and the variable cost is $0.60 per hamburger, find the price of a hamburger that will maximize the nightly hamburger profit.