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Discontinuing a Missile Program Merowak Missiles has developed its Democratizer Offensive Weapon System (DOWS) for the US military. After sinking 1 billion into R&D and design, it spent 0.5 billion building the tools and production facility that are unique to DOWS production. It houses these in standard factory floor space that costs 1 million. Each missile has a marginal cost of 2,000 . The Pentagon is thinking of discontinuing the program because the missiles are too expensive. If Merowak were to get an order for 50,000 missiles, what would its breakeven price be?

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If Bratty Brenda decides not to hit Tattling Tina, what would Tattling Tina's best response be?
 a. Tell
 b. Not tell
  c. Run
 d. Hide



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Answer to Question 1

The marginal cost of 10,000,000 (2,000  50,000 . can be avoided if the product were discontinued. The 1 billion R&D and design costs and 0.5 billion for specialized tools and facility are sunk. The 1 million for the factory floor space can be avoided because it can be repurposed for any manufacturing. So the average avoidable costs are 2,000 + 1 million / 50,000 = 2,020 per missile.

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