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  -Refer to the diagram above.Assume that this is an essential service and that the regulator sets a price where price equals marginal cost.Then,the most likely outcome is that A)  the monopolist will make an even larger profit than when it was unregulated. B)  the government will impose a higher tax on the monopolist. C)  the monopolist will make a smaller profit than when it was unregulated. D)  consumer surplus will decrease. E)  new firms will enter the market.
-Refer to the diagram above.Assume that this is an essential service and that the regulator sets a price where price equals marginal cost.Then,the most likely outcome is that


A) the monopolist will make an even larger profit than when it was unregulated.
B) the government will impose a higher tax on the monopolist.
C) the monopolist will make a smaller profit than when it was unregulated.
D) consumer surplus will decrease.
E) new firms will enter the market.

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