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Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition
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Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition

by Wayne Winston
December 2021
Beginner to intermediate
1168 pages
30h 17m
English
Microsoft Press
Content preview from Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365), 7th Edition

Chapter 90

Pricing products by using tie-ins

Question answered in this chapter:

  • How does the fact that customers buy razor blades as well as razors affect the profit-maximizing price of razors?

Certain consumer-product purchases frequently result in the purchase of related products, or tie-ins. The following table shows some examples:

Original purchase

Tie-in product

Razor

Razor blades

Men’s suit

Shirt and/or tie

Personal computer

Software training manual

Video game console

Video game

Using the techniques described in Chapter 89, “Estimating a demand curve,” it’s easy to determine a demand curve for the product that’s originally purchased. You can then use Microsoft Excel Solver to determine the original product price that ...

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ISBN: 9780137613816