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Flashtech and Pictone are both profit-maximizing firms. There are only two firms

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Question

Flashtech and Pictone are both profit-maximizing firms.


There are only two firms that sellcamera phones, Flashtech and Pictone. The payoff matrix below showsthe profits (in millions of dollars) each company will earndepending on whether it sets a high or low price for its phones.For example, the lower-left cell shows that if Flashtech prices lowand Pictone prices high, Flashtech will earn a profit of $10million and Pictone will earn a profit of $3 million.

Pictone High Price Low Price Flashtech   High Price    8 , 8 3 , 10 Low Price    10 , 3 5 , 5

Flashtech and Pictone are both profit-maximizing firms.

Explanation / Answer

                                                                                                Pictone

High Price   

Low Price   

High Price   

8,8

3,10

Low Price   

10,3

5,5

Flashtech                                                                                                        

As can be seen, regardless of Flashtech, Pictone max profit bydoing High price (10+8) same with vice versa

D.   High price; high price