5. The allocatively efficient quantity of product Z for the whole market is 2 million units. At that quantity, the demand for Z is at $5 and the average total cost for its single supplier is $7. The average total cost does not fall to $5 until 3.5 million units. Based on this data, the market for product Z is  perfectly competitive a natural monopoly a legal monopoly monopolistically competitive productively efficient

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5. The allocatively efficient quantity of product Z for the whole market is 2 million units. At that quantity, the demand for Z is at $5 and the average total cost for its single supplier is $7. The average total cost does not fall to $5 until 3.5 million units. Based on this data, the market for product Z is 
perfectly competitive
a natural monopoly
a legal monopoly
monopolistically competitive
productively efficient

 

7.If a monopolist begins to engage in perfect price discrimination where previously it charged a single price for all its customers, what would be true of its production figures? (2 points)

Firm produces more; producer surplus increases; deadweight loss increases
Firm produces less; charges higher price; economic surplus decreases
Firm produces more; total economic surplus increases; consumer surplus disappears
Firm loses allocative efficiency; charges lower price; deadweight loss decreases
Firm reaches allocative efficiency; producer surplus decreases; consumer surplus increases
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