3) Assume a book publisher faces an inverse demand curve equal to P = 200 -0.1Qo where P is the price per book and Qo ar

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3) Assume a book publisher faces an inverse demand curve equal to P = 200 -0.1Qo where P is the price per book and Qo are the number of books demanded, where Qp is measured in thousands of books. The publisher pays a fixed cost equal to the payment to the author and a variable cost equal to $5 per book. a) Assume the publisher is a monopolist. What is the Marginal Revenue curve and the optimal quantity? b) What is the optimal price for the monopolist and the profit level if the publisher pays the author $10 million? (1 point for accuracy and 1 point for effort) c) Graph the demand, marginal revenue, and marginal cost curves. Label each curve as well as each axis. d) Suppose the publisher was concerned with maximizing economic efficiency rather than profits. What price would if charge for the book? How many books would be produced? e) Calculate the dead-weight loss that results in this market. 1) Should the government intervene in this market to correct for market failure? Why or why not?