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Part 1Minnie's Mineral Springs, a single-price monopoly, faces the market demand schedule below. [table] Price | Quantity demanded (dollars per bottle) | (bottles per hour) 10 | 0 8 | 1 6 | 2 4 | 3 2 | 4 0 | 5 [/table] Draw a point to show the quantity demanded when1) the price is $10. Label it 1.2) the price is $2. Label it 2.Draw the market demand curve through these points and extend it to the x-axis. Label it D. Draw a point to show marginal revenue when1) the price falls from $10 to $8. Label it 3. 2) the price falls from $2 to $0. Label it 4.Draw the marginal revenue curve through these points. Label it MR.Click toenlargegraphPart 2Is Minnie's marginal revenue greater than, equal to, or less than price?Minnie's marginal revenue is _______ price because _______. A. less than; when she sells an additional bottle, her revenue consists of the price she receives for this extra bottle minus what she loses on all previous bottles she sells because of the new lower price B. equal to; she can sell any quantity she chooses at the market price C. equal to; when she produces an extra bottle, her total revenue increases by the price she receives from selling that bottle D. greater than; she won't sell an additional bottle unless it will increase total revenue Part 1 123456-10-8-6-4-20246810Quantity (bottles of water per hour)Price and marginal revenue (dollars per bottle)1002480.5-84.5 MRMR 44 33 Upper DD 22 11 Edit coordinates interactive graph>>> Draw only the objects specified in the question.
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A.A. less than; when she sells an additional bottle, her revenue consists of the price she receives for this extra bottle minus what she loses on all previous bottles she sells because of the new lower price
B.B. equal to; she can sell any quantity she chooses at the market price
C.C. equal to; when she produces an extra bottle, her total revenue increases by the price she receives from selling that bottle
D.D. greater than; she won't sell an additional bottle unless it will increase total revenue
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The question asks to compare Minnie's marginal revenue to price and to evaluate statements about when a monopolist chooses to sell an additional unit.
Option A: 'less than; when she sells an additional bottle, her revenue consists of the price she receives for this extra bottle minus what she loses on all previous bottles she sells because of the new lower price.' This captures the standard result for a downward-sloping de......Login to view full explanationLog in for full answers
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Part 1If the linear inverse demand function LOADING... is pequals=100100minus−22Q,what is the marginal revenue LOADING... function? Draw the demand and marginal revenue curves.Part 2The marginal revenue (MR) function isMRequals=[input]enter your response here . Part 1 01020304050607080901000102030405060708090100Quantity, Q, Units per yearPrice, p, $ per unit Edit coordinates (0,0) interactive graph
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