Worldwide quarterly sales of a brand of cell phones were approximately
q = −p + 126
million phones when the wholesale price was $p.
(a) If the cellphone company was prepared to supply
q = 9p − 324
million phones per quarter at a wholesale price of $p,
what would have been the equilibrium price?
$
(b) The actual wholesale price was $40 in the fourth quarter of
2004. Estimate the projected shortage or surplus at that price.
HINT [See Example 4.]
There is an estimated ---Select---shortagesurplus of million phones.
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