Suppose a perfectly competitive industry can produce a product with total cost TC = Q? and the market demand for the product is given by Q = 120 - Suppose that the same market can be served by a monopolist operates with the same cost and demand functions. How does the consumer surplus change due to monopoly relative to perfect competition? It falls by 2000 It does not change O It falls by 1600 It falls by 1200

Suppose a perfectly competitive industry can produce a product with total cost TC = Q? and the market demand for the product is given by Q = 120 - Suppose that the same market can be served by a monopolist operates with the same cost and demand functions. How does the consumer surplus change due to monopoly relative to perfect competition? It falls by 2000 It does not change O It falls by 1600 It falls by 1200

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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