The Figures Given Below Represent the Revenue Curves of a Monopolist

The figures given below represent the revenue curves of a monopolist. Figure 24.2 TR: Total revenue curve
AR: Average revenue curve
MR: Marginal revenue curve
Refer to Figure 24.2.If the monopolist is selling a quantity between B and E, then to maximize total revenue, the monopolist should:

A) increase price because it is operating on the elastic portion of the demand curve.
B) decrease price because it is operating on the elastic portion of the demand curve.
C) increase price because it is operating on the inelastic portion of the demand curve.
D) decrease price because it is operating on the inelastic portion of the demand curve.
E) increase price because it is operating at the point at which price elasticity of demand is greater than 1.