The graph below depicts the cost curves for a firm with a recently patented pharmaceutical pill. With the active patent, this firm is operating as a monopo$20$18MC$16$14$12$10ATC$8$6$4$2MR102030405060708090100110120Number of pillsPrice Per PIll (a) What is the profit maximizing output for the monopolist?(Please enter without any units, if your answer is fifteen pills, just enter 15)(b) What price will the monopolist charge? $(Please enter without the dollar sign or decimal)(c) How much total profit is obtained by the monopolist? $(Please enter without the dollar sign or decimal)(d) Assuming no changes in market demand, as long as the patent stays active, what do we expect to happen to the firm's profit in the long-run? The profit will(Simply enter either increase, decrease, or stay the same)

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(a) What is the profit maximizing output for the monopolist? (Please enter without any units, if your answer is fifteen pills, just ente (b) What price will the monopolist charge? $ (Please enter without the dollar sign or decimal) (c) How much total profit is obtained by the monopolist? $ (Please enter without the dollar sign or decimal) V (P)

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