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Calculating the optimal price in the given case

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The manager of a local monopoly estimates that the elasticity of demand for its product is constant and equal to -2. The firm's marginal cost is constant at $15 per unit.

a. Express the firm's marginal revenue as a function of its price.

MR = x P

b. Determine the profit-maximizing price.


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Solution determines the Marginal Revenue function and profit maximizing price in the given case.