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A2 - Problem Applications
Problems
1. The following function describes the demand condition for a company that makes caps
featuring names of college and professional teams in a variety of sports.
Q = 2,000 - 100P
Where Q is cap sales and P is price.
a. How many caps could be sold at $12 each?
b. What should the price be in order for the company to sell 1,000 caps?
c. At what price would cap sales equal zero?
a. Q =2000-100(12)
Q=2000-1200
Q=800
800 caps could be sold at 12$ each
b. Q=2000-100P
1000=2000-100p
100p=2000-1000
100p=1000
P=10
1000 caps could be sold at 10$ each
c. 0=2000-100p
100p=2000
P=20
Caps sale would be zero at 20$ each
2. The ABC marketing consulting firm found that a particular brand of tablet PCs has the
following demand curve for a certain region:
Q = 10,000 - 200P + 0.03Pop + 0.6I + 0.2A
Where Q is the quantity per month, P is price ($), Pop is population, I is disposable income
Per household (S), and A is advertising expenditure ($).
a. Determine the demand curve for the company in a market in which P = 300,
Pop = 1,000,000, I = 30,000, and A = 15,000.
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b. Calculate the quantity demanded at prices of $200, $175, $150, and $125.
c. Calculate the price necessary to sell 45,000 units.
Answer:
a. Demand curve for the company is calculated as follows:
Q = 10,000 – (200 X 300) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000)
Q = 10,000 – 60,000 + 30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000.
Therefore, Q = 1,000 If P = 0
Then Q = 10,000 – (200 X 0) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000).
Q = 10,000 + 30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000 = 61,000
If Q = 0
Then 200p = 10,000 + 30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000.
P = 61,000/200.
P = 305.
b. The quantity demanded at prices of $200, $175, $150, and $125 are:
200
Q = 10,000 – (200 X 200) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000)= 10,000 –
40,000 +30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000= Q=21,000
175
Q = 10,000 – (200 X 175) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000)= 10,000 –
35,000 + 30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000= Q=26,000
150
Q = 10,000 – (200 X 150) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000)= 10,000 –
30,000 + 30,000 +18,000 +3,000= Q=31,000
125
Q = 10,000 – (200 X 125) + (0.03 X 1,000,000) + (0.6 X 30,000) + (0.2 X 15,000)=10,000 –
25,000 + 30,000 + 18,000 + 3,000= Q=36,000
c. Price necessary to sell 45,000 units is: 3.
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