Creak's product manager continues to perform well in the market. However, a competing product is coming on strong and is looking to take over as the market share leader in the segment. Without sacrificing contribution margin, what can the Creak product manager do in order to improve upon the buying criteria, and thus potentially increase demand?

In the market for lock washers, a perfectly competitive market, the current equilibrium price is $5 per box. washer king, one of the many producers of washers, has a daily short-run total cost given by tc = 190 + 0.20q + 0.0025q2, where q measures boxes of washers. washer king's corresponding marginal cost is mc = 0.20 + 0.005q. how many boxes of washers should washer king produce per day to maximize profit?