When regulating a natural monopoly, average cost pricing is usually used rather than marginal cost pricing because
A) average cost pricing allows the firm to earn a normal rate of return on investment, while marginal cost pricing leads to economic losses.
B) average cost pricing is more economically efficient than marginal cost pricing.
C) average cost pricing leads to lower profits than marginal cost pricing.
D) average cost pricing leads to a lower market price than marginal cost pricing.
A
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The market for bagels contains two firms: BagelWorld (BW) and Bagels'R'Us (BRU). The owners of the two firms decide to fix the price of bagels. The table below shows how each firm's profit (in dollars) depends on whether they abide by the agreement or cheat on the agreement. 
Suppose the game above is repeated every day, and both firms adopt the following strategy: cooperate on the first day, then if the other firm cheats, cheat the next day, and if the other firm abides, abide the next day. This type of strategy is likely to increase the probability that:
A. Bagel World cheats. B. both firms abide. C. Bagels 'R' Us cheats. D. both firms cheat.