The company that you manage has invested $5 million in developing a new product, but the development is not quite finished. at a recent meeting, your salespeople report that the introduction of competing products has reduced the expected sales of your new product to $2 million. if it would cost $4 million to finish development and make the product, you go ahead and do so. the most you should pay to complete development is $ million.

1. which one of the following would be an example of a supply-side market failure? a. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, and after the leak is discovered, the business immediately cleans up the pollution at its own expense. b. a gas station is slowly leaking diesel fuel from its underground tanks, but the state uses taxpayer money to clean up the pollution rather than requiring the business to pay. c. your business wants to attract repeat customers by putting on a customer-appreciation picnic at a public park, but you decide not to because you couldn't prevent noncustomers from consuming the food and entertainment you provided. d. everyone rushes to the local retail outlet at midnight on the day of the release of a new video game console, and the store runs out before everyone is able to buy one.