Figure 15-1 Price 100 90- 8:8888 80 70 60 + 55--- 50 + 40 30 20 10 MC R D 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Quantity 5.2.11. Refer to Figure 15-1. How much consumer surplus results if this single-price monopolist profit- maximizes? Show your work.

8. Natural monopoly analysis The following graph shows the demand (D) for gas services in the imaginary town of Utilityburg. The graph also shows the marginal revenue (MR) curve, the marginal cost (MC) curve, and the average total cost (ATC) curve for the local gas company, a natural monopolist. On the following graph, use the black point (plus symbol) to indicate the profit-maximizing price and quantity for this natural monopolist. PRICE (Dollars per hundred cubic feet) 20 18 16 14 0 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 QUANTITY (Hundreds of cubic feet) MR 4 ATC MC 9 10 D Monopoly Outcome (? Which of the following statements are true about this natural monopoly? Check all that apply. In order for a monopoly to exist in this case, the government must have intervened and created it.

5. Use the following figure to answer the question: If the monopolist charges the same price to all consumers, what will be the deadweight loss at the monopolist’s profit maximizing level of output?

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