The city of Obscure currently has one McDonald's fast-food franchise, Big Mac. Demand for hamburgers in Obscure is given by Q = 400 - 10P. All McDonald's franchises have identical costs of C = 60 + 3Q for producing Q hamburgers. If a second McDonald's franchise, Mac Junior, was to move into Obscure City:
And my questions are:
1. What is the market price that would prevail at equilibrium in a Cournot oligopoly.
2. What is the the quantity that Big Mac would supply at equilibrium in a Cournot oligopoly
3. What is the the quantity that Mac Junior would supply at equilibrium in a Cournot oligopoly.
4. What is the profit that Big Mac would earn at equilibrium in a Cournot oligopoly.
5. What is the profit that Mac Junior would earn at equilibrium in a Cournot oligopoly.