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The accompanying diagram depicts a monopolist whose price is regulated at $10 per unit. Use this figure to answer the questions that follow.

 



a. What price will an unregulated monopoly charge?

$


b. What quantity will an unregulated monopoly produce?

units


c. How many units will a monopoly produce when the regulated price is $10 per unit?

units


d. Determine the quantity demanded and the amount produced at the regulated price of $10 per unit. Is there a shortage or a surplus?

Quantity demanded: units

 

 

Amount produced: units

There is: (Click to select) a shortage neither a shortage nor a surplus a surplus .


e. Determine the deadweight loss to society (if any) when the regulated price is $10 per unit.

$


f. Determine the regulated price that maximizes social welfare. Is there a shortage or a surplus at this price?

$

There is (Click to select) neither a surplus nor a shortage a surplus a shortage at this price.

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