Brent called insurance companies and got insurance quotes for the three trucks. Both the 1996 Ford F150 and the 1998 Chevy 1500 were quoted for $250 and the 2000 Toyota Tundra was quoted for $245. To help Brent make his decision gather some more reliable information by using newspapers, or looking at their Web sites, and reviewing consumer magazines and Web sites. Also, look at the manufacturer Web site or www. fueleconomy. gov for information about gas mileage. List the sources you use and include the notes you take from each source.

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?