There is a software company which employs 10 software engineers. The company sells software packages and each of the engineers can make two packages of software a week with no cost. a) Imagine this company is under perfect competition with market demand function: Q = 20 – P. What should be the cost for a package of software. b) Now imagine this company has a monopoly in the market. What would change? Q = 20 - P No the price for a package.

There is a software company which employs 10 software engineers. The company sells software packages and each of the engineers can make two packages of software a week with no cost. a) Imagine this company is under perfect competition with market demand function: Q = 20 – P. What should be the cost for a package of software. b) Now imagine this company has a monopoly in the market. What would change? Q = 20 - P No the price for a package.

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There is a software company which employs
10 software engineers. The company sells
software packages and each of the engineers
can make two packages of software a week
with no cost.
a) Imagine this company is under perfect
competition with market demand function: Q
= 20 – P. What should be the cost for a
package of software.
b) Now imagine this company has a
monopoly in the market. What would change?
Q = 20 - P
No the price for a package.

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