As a monopolist's profit-maximizing quantity moves further away from the competitive industry's profit-maximizing quantity,

A. the larger the deadweight loss in the market.
B. the larger the profits of the monopoly.
C. the smaller the deadweight loss in the market.
D. the harder it is for the firm to stay as a monopoly.


Answer: A

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