1) The demand curve (D) below represents the demand for Dr. Smith's services. The marginal cost (MC) of producing medica

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1) The demand curve (D) below represents the demand for Dr. Smith's services. The marginal cost (MC) of producing medical care is constant for Dr. Smith. The shaded area represents the net benefit Dr. Smith's patients would get from receiving medical care from the next best option, (NB(0)), Dr. Jones. S per unit NB(0) MC D I Ovetkal care a) Use letters to mark points on your graph. 1) What is the maximum net benefit Dr. Smith's patients can get from Dr. Smith? ii) For Dr. Smith's Patients to get this maximum net benefit what price would Dr. Smith charge for medical care and how much medical care would Dr. Smith provide to his patients? ii) If Dr. Smith's patients receive the maximum net benefit from Dr. Smith, Dr. Smith's patients will prefer his services to Dr. Jones' services. Quantify the additional net benefit Dr. Smith's patients get from Dr. Smith when compared to Dr. Jones. b) Use letters to mark points on your graph. 1) What is the optimal price Dr. Smith will charge and the optimal amount of medical care Dr. Smith will provide if he is a profit maximizing physician? Again, use letter on your graph to quantify price and quantity of medical care. ii) If Dr. Smith is a profit maximizing physician, quantify the additional net benefit Dr. Smith's patients get from Dr. Smith when compared to Dr. Jones. c) Use letters to mark points on your graph. 1) What is the profit Dr. Smith will receive if he charges the profit maximizing price and produces the profit maximizing amount of medical care? USE LETTERS on graph to show profit. ii) Provide an equation for profit that utilizes only net benefits.