Township is a small, isolated community served by one newspaper that can meet the market demand at a lower cost than two or more newspapers could. The Township Gazette is the only source of news. The graph shows the marginal cost of printing the Township Gazette and the market demand for it. The Township Gazette is a profit-maximizing, single-price monopoly. What is the efficient number of copies of the Township Gazette and what is the price at which the efficient number of copies could be sold? 120- 100- 80- The efficient number of copies of the Township Gazette is and the price at which this number could be sold is cents a copy. 60- 40- 20- Price and cost MO 어 100 200 300 400 D 500 600 Quantity (newspapers per day) G

Township is a small, isolated community served by one newspaper that can meet the market demand at a lower cost than two or more newspapers could. The Township Gazette is the only source of news. The graph shows the marginal cost of printing the Township Gazette and the market demand for it. The Township Gazette is a profit-maximizing, single-price monopoly. What is the efficient number of copies of the Township Gazette and what is the price at which the efficient number of copies could be sold? 120- 100- 80- The efficient number of copies of the Township Gazette is and the price at which this number could be sold is cents a copy. 60- 40- 20- Price and cost MO 어 100 200 300 400 D 500 600 Quantity (newspapers per day) G

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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