The Charmatz Corporation has a central copying facility. The copying facility has only two users, the Marketing Department and the Operations Department. The following data apply to the coming budget year:
Budgeted costs of operating the copying facility for 300,000 to 500,000 copies:
Fixed costs per year $66,000
Variable costs
4 cents (0.04) per copy
Budgeted
long−run usage in copies per year:
Marketing Department 110,000 copies
Operations Department 390,000 copies
Budgeted amounts are used to calculate the allocation rates.
Actual usage for the year by the Marketing Department was 120,000
copies and by the Operations Department was 360,000 copies. If a
single−rate cost−allocation method is used, what amount of copying facility costs will be budgeted for the MarketingDepartment?
A. $4,400
B. $18,920
C. $14,520
D. $19,525

answer; swot analysis;

answer///supply is elastic, and demand is inelastic;

answer: in the short-run firms will respond by raising the price of turkey.

explanation: initially the long-run equilibrium is at a price of $5 per pound of turkey and a quantity of 50 million pounds per year. now, when webmd claims that a protein found in turkey will increase your expected lifespan by 4 years. the consumers demand for turkey will increase at every price shifting the demand curve to the right from d1 to d2. while, there will be no change in the supply curve in the short-run as it is not possible for producers to adjust supply so quickly. as a result the new equilibrium will occur at a higher price and a higher quantity of turkey.

thus, in the short run firms will respond by increasing the price of turkey, selling more quantity at a higher price and earning economic profits.