Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 69

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 13.5.1
Cascade Springs Inc. is a natural monopoly that bottles water from a spring high in the Rocky Mountains. The total fixed cost it incurs is $80,000, and its marginal cost is 10 cents a bottle. The demand curve for Cascade Springs bottled water is shown in the following figure:

Figure 13.5.1
-Refer to Figure 13.5.1. Suppose the firm is regulated by the government that imposes marginal cost pricing. The price of a bottle of water is

• A)$0.
• B)$0.50.
• C)$0.30.
• D)$0.10.
• E)$0.20.

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Definitions:

Proportion

A statistical measure that indicates the fraction of the total number of items in a certain category or characteristic.

Two-tail Test

A statistical test that is used to determine if there is a significant difference between a sample and a particular population mean, where the critical region is split between both tails of the distribution.

Population Proportion

A measure that describes the percentage of a specific characteristic in a population.

Z-test

An analysis technique that evaluates the difference in means between two populations with known variances and substantial sample sizes.