Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 86

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.

Figure 13.5.2
-Consider the natural monopoly depicted in Figure 13.5.2. If a regulatory agency sets a price just sufficient for the firm to make zero economic profit, and if the firm inflates its costs as much as possible, the regulated price will be

• A)P₀.
• B)P₁.
• C)P₂.
• D)P₃.
• E)either P₀ or P₃.

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