The average cost for power-production firm is AC = 100 - 10Q + Q2 where Q is measured in billion kilowatt hours per day. At the current regulated price, consumers demand 4 billion kilowatt hours per day. Is this market a natural monopoly? If demand increases to 10 billion kilowatt hours, is this market a natural monopoly? Show your answer in a diagram. please help me with this question thank you so much!

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The average cost for power-production firm
is AC = 100 - 10Q + Q2 where Q is
measured in billion kilowatt hours per day.
At the current regulated price, consumers
demand 4 billion kilowatt hours per day. Is
this market a natural monopoly? If demand
increases to 10 billion kilowatt hours, is this
market a natural monopoly? Show your
answer in a diagram.
please help me with this question thank
you so much!
Transcribed Image Text:The average cost for power-production firm is AC = 100 - 10Q + Q2 where Q is measured in billion kilowatt hours per day. At the current regulated price, consumers demand 4 billion kilowatt hours per day. Is this market a natural monopoly? If demand increases to 10 billion kilowatt hours, is this market a natural monopoly? Show your answer in a diagram. please help me with this question thank you so much!
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