Consider the only internet service provider in a small town, which you can assume operates as a natural monopoly. The following graph shows thedemand curve for internet services per month, as well as the provider's marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average totalcost (ATC) curve.PRICE (Dollars per subscription)10088700050403020100011112111111MRATC-MC-46810 121416QUANTITY (Thousands of subscriptions)18 20D? Suppose the government has elected not to impose regulations on the industry, and so the firm faces no regulatory constraints in maximizing profits.Complete the first row of the following table.Pricing MechanismProfit MaximizationMarginal-Cost PricingAverage-Cost PricingShort RunPriceQuantity(Subscriptions) (Dollars per subscription)ProfitSuppose now that the government decides to require the monopolist to set its price equal to marginal cost.TrueLong-Run DecisionComplete the second row of the previous table.Suppose now that the government decides to require the monopolist to set its price equal to average total cost.FalseComplete the third row of the previous table.True or False: Over time, the internet service provider has a very strong incentive to lower costs when subject to average-cost pricing regulations.

Monopoly is a form of imperfect competition. There is one firm. The number of consumers is high.…

Consider the only internet service provider in a small town, which you can assume operates as a natural monopoly. The following graph shows the demand curve for internet services per month, as well as the provider's marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve. PRICE (Dollars per subscription) 100 282 283 28 90 80 00 50 40 10 0 11 11 11 11 1 10 MR 12 14 16 ATC MC- 18 20 D