An unregulated natural monopoly cans Mt. McKinley air, a unique clean air that has no substitutes....

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An unregulated natural monopoly cans Mt. McKinley air, a unique clean air that has no substitutes. The monopoly's total fixed cost is $15,000, and its marginal cost is 10 cents a can. The graph illustrates the demand for Mt. McKinley air. If the regulator gets captured by the monopoly, what is the quantity that the monopoly wants to produce? Price and cost (cents per can) 100- 90- 80- 70- 60- 50- 40- MC D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 L2 14 16 18 Quantity (thousands of cans per year) If the regulator gets captured by the monopoly, then the monopoly wants the regulator to allow it to produce cans a year. >>> Remember that the quantity given on the x-axis is in thousands of cans. 30- 20- 10- 0- An unregulated natural monopoly cans Mt. McKinley air, a unique clean air that has no substitutes. The monopoly's total fixed cost is $15,000, and its marginal cost is 10 cents a can. The graph illustrates the demand for Mt. McKinley air. If the regulator gets captured by the monopoly, what is the quantity that the monopoly wants to produce? Price and cost (cents per can) 100- 90- 80- 70- 60- 50- 40- MC D 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 L2 14 16 18 Quantity (thousands of cans per year) If the regulator gets captured by the monopoly, then the monopoly wants the regulator to allow it to produce cans a year. >>> Remember that the quantity given on the x-axis is in thousands of cans. 30- 20- 10- 0-