Refer to Figure 15-19 to answer the following questions

a. What quantity will this monopoly produce and what price will it charge?
b. Suppose the monopoly is regulated. If the regulatory agency wants to achieve economic efficiency, what price should it require the monopoly to charge?
c. To achieve economic efficiency, what quantity will the regulated monopoly produce?
d. Will the regulated monopoly make a profit if it charges the price that will achieve economic efficiency?
e. Suppose the government decides to regulate the monopoly by imposing a price ceiling of $35. What quantity will the monopoly produce and what price will the monopoly charge?
f. With the price ceiling of $35, what profit will the monopoly earn?


a. Quantity = 835 units and Price = $59.
b. To achieve economic efficiency, the price = $20.
c. The quantity produced = 2,204 units.
d. No, the regulated monopoly will make a loss.
e. If the ceiling price is set at $35, the monopoly will produce a quantity of 1,740 units and charge the ceiling price of $35.
f. The monopoly will break even.

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