Suppose a pharmaceutical company produces a new drug that cures baldness. The inverse demand curve for the drug is P = 205 – 20Q, where Q measures the number of pills in millions. The various production costs are given by TC = 100 + 5Q, ATC = 5 + 100/Q, and MC = 5. If the government grants a patent to this company,How much profit  it will make ?  If the government revokes the patent and the company must sell its drug at marginal cost due to competition,How muchprofit  it will make?

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