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If oligopolists engaged in some sort of collusion, industry output would be less than before and the price would be higher than under perfect competition.
When oligopolists collude, they will act as a monopoly, then the price that they will set would be higher than if they are under perfect competition. Also, the quantities that they will offer would be less. This happens because the quantity produced is determined by the intersection between the marginal cost curve (MC) and the marginal revenue curve (MR) and not by the intersection between the MC and the demand.
Answer: Replace labor with tech, merge or acquire other companies, reduce costs, more to more economical locations.
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The higher the downpayment John pays towards his house, then the less he will have to pay towards a mortgage and easier it will be for him to obtain a loan for the house. If he is able to put down 20% of the house cost then it will be more cost effective for him in the long term as he will then have less to pay back to the loan company and then can pay back the loan over a shorter term with less interest.