The following graph gives the demand (D) curve for 5G LTE services in the fictional town of Streamship Springs. The graph also shows the marginal revenue (MR) curve, the marginal cost (MC) curve, and the average total cost (ATC) curve for the local 5G LTE company, a natural monopolist. On the following graph, use the black point (plus symbol) to indicate the profit-maximizing price and quantity for this natural monopolist. PRICE (Dollars per gigabyte of data) 20 18 16 14 12 10 CO 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 MR 4 3 5 7 QUANTITY (Gigabytes of data) 6 8 ATC MC 9 10 D Monopoly Outcome

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