A single-price monopoly has the demand and marginal cost schedules given in the above table. What is the profit-maximizing level of output and price?
What will be an ideal response?
The profit-maximizing output is 3 units, because that is the quantity for which the marginal revenue equals the marginal cost. The price is $18 a unit.
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