Discussion
A monopolist's profit-maximizing level of output is:
Answer: A
A monopolist produces where marginal revenue equals marginal cost, and because its price is above marginal cost it restricts output compared with the competitive level that maximises the sum of consumer and producer surplus. So the profit maximising output is below the level that maximises total surplus, which is the source of the deadweight loss. The answer is option A.
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