Task:
Philips Industries manufactures a certain product that can be sold directly to retail outlets or to the Superior Company for further processing and eventual sale as a completely different product. The demand function for each of these markets is:
Retail Outlets: P1 = 60 -2Q1
Superior Company: P2 = 40 -Q2
where P1 and P2 are the prices charged and Q1 and Q2 are the quantities sold in the respective markets. Phillip's total cost function for the manufacture of this product is
TC = 10 + 8(Q1 + Q2)
Question 1: Determine Phillip's total profit functions.
Question 2: What are the profit-maximizing price and output levels for the product in the two markets?
Question 3: At these levels of output, calculate the marginal revenue in each market.
Question 4: What are Phillips's total profits if the firm is effectively able to charge different prices in the two markets?
Question 5: Calculate the profit-maximizing level of price and output if Phillips is required to charge the same price per unit in each market. What are Phillips's profits under this condition?