The diagram below shows the demand curve and marginal cost and marginal revenue curves for a new heart medication for which the pharmaceutical firm holds a 20-year patent on its production and sales.This protection gives the firm monopoly power for the 20 years of the patent. 
FIGURE 10-6
-Refer to Figure 10-6.Assume this pharmaceutical firm charges a single price for its drug.At its profit-maximizing level of output,it will generate a total profit represented by
A) the sum of areas A through K.
B) areas A + B + C + F + G.
C) areas B + C + F + G + H + I.
D) areas D + E.
E) It is not possible to determine with the information provided.
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