A natural monopoly packages Alaskan moss, a unique health product that has no substitutes. The graph illustrates the demand curve for this health product. Price and cost (cents per bag) 60 50- 40-
A natural monopoly packages Alaskan moss, a unique health product that has no substitutes. The graph illustrates the demand curve for this health product. Price and cost (cents per bag) 60 50- 40-
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Transcribed Image Text:A natural monopoly packages Alaskan moss, a unique health product that has no substitutes.
The graph illustrates the demand curve for this health product.
Price and cost (cents per bag)
Q
Q
50-
D
7
Quantity (thousands of bags per year)
>>> Draw only the objects specified in the question
Draw the monopoly's marginal revenue curve and label it.
If the marginal cost is 30 cents a bag, draw the monopoly's marginal cost curve and label it.
Draw a point at the monopoly's profit-maximizing quantity and price
How many bags a year does the monopoly sell and what is the price of a bag?
The monopoly sells bags a year and the price is
cents a bag.
>>> Remember that the quantity given on the axis is in thousands of bags.
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