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Joint Product Pricing. Each ton of ore mined from the Baby Doe Mine in Leadville, Colorado, produces 1 ounce of silver and 1 pound of lead in a fixed 1:1 ratio.
Marginal costs are $10 per ton of ore mined. The demand and marginal revenue curves for silver are
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and the demand and marginal revenue curve for lead are

where QS is ounces of silver and QL is pounds of lead.
A. Calculate profit-maximizing sales quantities and prices for silver and lead.
B. Now assume that wild speculation in the silver market has created a fivefold (or 500%) increase in silver demand. Calculate optimal sales quantities and prices for both silver and lead under these conditions.
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