What is the deadweight loss due to profit-maximising monopoly pricing under the following conditions: The price charged for goods produced is R10. The intersection of the marginal revenue and marginal cost curves occurs where output is 100 units and marginal revenue is R5. The socially efficient level of production is 110 units. The demand curve is linear and downward sloping, and the marginal cost curve is constant.
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