The price-output combination that maximizes profits for a monopolist occurs at the point where
A) total revenues and total costs are equal.
B) the difference between total revenues and total costs is the greatest.
C) total revenues are the greatest.
D) the elasticity of demand equals one.
Answer: B
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A) engage in mutually beneficial trade with other nations. B) produce a combination of goods that lies outside its own production possibilities frontier. C) consume a combination of goods that lies outside its own production possibilities frontier. D) increase the variety of products that it can consume with no increase in resources.
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