Slick Shades has a constant marginal cost of production equal to $40 and the distributors have a constant marginal cost of distribution equal to $20. If Slick Shades is producing the profit-maximizing number of sunglasses (in hundreds) and charging the profit-maximizing wholesale price, what is Slick Shades' profit (in hundreds)?



The figure above shows the wholesale demand and marginal revenue curves for Slick Shades Sunglasses, a sunglasses firm with market power. Slick Shades Sunglasses has a constant marginal cost of production and it sells to perfectly competitive independent retail distributors that have a constant marginal cost of distribution.



A) $6,400

B) $8,000

C) $7,200

D) $5,60


A) $6,400

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