Refer to Monopoly Problem. This monopoly will receive producer surplus of

Consider a monopoly with constant marginal costs of $20. Consumers in the market for this monopoly’s product have demand of Q = 100 - 2P.
a. $0
b. $225
c. $450
d. $900


c. $450

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