If the demand for a monopoly's output shifts rightward, the change in quantity produced is NOT predictable because
A) the monopoly is a profit maximizer.
B) the monopoly is a price taker.
C) the monopoly has no supply curve.
D) the monopoly's marginal cost curve might not be upward sloping.
C
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