An Industry in Which Total Costs Are Kept to a Minimum

question 159

Multiple Choice

An industry in which total costs are kept to a minimum because only one firm serves the whole market is called a:

• A) natural monopoly.
• B) competitive monopoly.
• C) patent monopoly.
• D) limit monopoly.

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