Cournot equilibrium price for industry

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An industry has two firms, each of which produces output at a constant unit cost of $10 per unit. The demand function for the industry is q(p) = 1,000,000/p. Give the best-response function for each firm. What is the Cournot equilibrium price for this industry?

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