The price elasticity of demand for melocotones is constant and equal to 2.The melocotone market is controlled by two Cournot duopolists who have different cost functions.One of the duopolists has a constant marginal cost of $975 per ton and produces 70% of the total number of melocotones sold.The equilibrium price of a ton of melocotones must be

A) $1,500.
B) $750.
C) $975.
D) $3,000.
E) $2,250.

Price Elasticity

The degree to which the demand for a product is sensitive to price changes, indicating how the quantity demanded fluctuates with price variation.

Cournot Duopolists

Firms in a duopoly market structure where each firm chooses its quantity to produce based on the quantity chosen by its competitor, following the Cournot assumption.

Marginal Cost

The charge for producing another unit of a good or service.