) You have a bicycle rental business which has 500 adult bikes and 250 children's bikes. The bikes have a fixed cost of $1,000 to maintain, but no marginal cost to rent them out. Demand is below. Price/hour $10 98765432 1 Adults 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Children 0 0 0 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 a. If you, by law, can only charge one price, what would it be, and to whom? b. If you could charge adults and children different prices, what would be the prices to each group?

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s) You have a bicycle rental business which has 500 adult bikes and 250
children's bikes. The bikes have a fixed cost of $1,000 to maintain, but no marginal cost
to rent them out. Demand is below.
Price/hour
$10
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ANWAGO
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Adults
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100
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250
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500
Children
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0
50
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250
a. If you, by law, can only charge one price, what would it be, and to whom?
b.
If you could charge adults and children different prices, what would be the
prices to each group?
Transcribed Image Text:s) You have a bicycle rental business which has 500 adult bikes and 250 children's bikes. The bikes have a fixed cost of $1,000 to maintain, but no marginal cost to rent them out. Demand is below. Price/hour $10 9 8 7 6 ANWAGO 5 4 3 2 1 Adults 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 Children 0 0 0 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 a. If you, by law, can only charge one price, what would it be, and to whom? b. If you could charge adults and children different prices, what would be the prices to each group?
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