Erosion costs. Fat Tire Bicycle Company currently sells 39 comma 000 bicycles per year. The current bike is a standard balloon-tire bike selling for $120, with a production and shipping cost of $35. The company is thinking of introducing an off-road bike with a projected selling price of $375 and a production and shipping cost of $250. The projected annual sales for the off-road bike are 17 comma 000. The company will lose sales in fat-tire bikes of 9 comma 000 units per year if it introduces the new bike, however. What is the erosion cost from the new bike? Should Fat Tire start producing the off-road bike? What is the erosion cost from the new bike?

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?