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Evaluating a Pricing Strategy Change
A food company's economic model consists of a downward-sloping demand curve and a set of convex isoprofit curves (where each curve represents a constant level of profit). The company is currently operating at a point on its demand curve, selling 8,000 pounds of its product at a price of $3.25 per pound, which earns a profit of exactly $10,000. The company knows that this isoprofit curve intersects the demand curve at one other point, which corresponds to a much higher price and a much lower quantity. A consultant suggests that the company should switch to this second point to achieve the same profit with lower production volume.
Critique the consultant's suggestion from a profit-maximization perspective. Is this a viable business strategy, and why or why not?
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