Estimate the optimal pricing strategy

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Lizzie's Lingerie started selling robes for $36, adding a 50 per cent mark-up on cost. Costs were estimated at $24 each: the $10 purchase price of each robe, plus $6 in allocated variable overhead costs, plus an allocated fixed overhead charge of $8. Customer response was such that when Lizzie's raised prices from $36 to $39 per robe, sales fell from 54 to 46 robes perweek.

a. Estimate the optimal (profit-maximizing) pricing strategy assuming a linear demand curve.

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