Assignment title: Information
Write a program named SubscriptValidation in which you declare an
array of 10 integers and store values in the array. Write a try block in which
you place a loop that prompts the user for a subscript value and displays the
value stored in the corresponding array position. Create a catch block that
catches any IndexOutOfRangeException and displays an appropriate
error message.
1) Lentz's, Incorporated sells paper in a perfectly competitive market at a price of $2 per
ream. At the profit-maximizing (cost-minimizing) level of output, average total cost is
$2.50 per ream and average variable cost is $1.95 per ream. Should the firm continue
to operate in the short run? Explain.
2) Suppose the widget industry is perfectly competitive. A monopoly purchases all
widget producers in the market. List three ways in which the market outcome under
monopoly will differ from the market outcome under perfect competition.
3) Why do existing firms earn smaller profits as new firms enter an industry?
4) Consider the decision tree depicted in Figure 12.4 concerning a collusive agreement
between firms owned by Bob and Donna. Each participant has the option of following
the terms of the agreement or cheating on the terms of the agreement, but neither
knows what the other will do. What is the dominant strategy for Bob? For Donna? Which
strategy should player, Bob and Donna, choose to maximize the potential gain? What
do you think the outcome of this game will be? Carefully explain your answers.