One unit of zinc and one unit of copper are needed to price a unit of brass. The world's supply of zinc and the world's supply of copper are owned by two different monopolists. For simplicity assume that it costs nothing to mine zinc and copper, that no other inputs are needed to produce brass and that the brass industry operates competitively. Then the price of a unit of brass equals the cost of the inputs used to make it. The demand function for brass is q = 900 - 2p where p is the price of brass. The zinc and copper monopolists each set a price, believing that the other monopolist will not change his price. What is the equilibrium price of brass?

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Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?