Luciana is the first to offer a new product to customers in the local market and expects no competitors to emerge for at least the first year. Her market research has helped her identify a group of upscale customers who are eager to purchase this new product, so she decides to set a high price for it. Which pricing strategy is Luciana using?

Qwest airlines has implemented a program to recycle all plastic drink cups used on their aircraft. their goal is to generate $7 million by the end of the recycle program's five-year life. each recycled cup can be sold for $0.005 (1/2 cent). a. how many cups must be recycled annually to meet this goal? assume uniform annual plastic cup usage and a 0% interest rate. b. repeat part (a) when the annual interest rate is 12%. c. why is the answer to part (b) less than the answer to part (a)?