Solution for QID #2579: 1)Should cable Internet providers be considered natural mono | StudyHelpMe

1)Should cable Internet providers be considered natural monopolies that should be required to operate where the LAC intersects the demand curve? 2)A paper mill currently produces 16 million tones of pollution each year, which is dumped into a nearby stream that flows into town. The table below shows the total cost of reducing the pollution to a given level, along with the total private and social benefit of doing so. Fill in the missing information in the table and complete the sentence below. Note that the change in quantity is not 1 ton from row to row.   Pollution level Total cost Total benefit Marginal cost Marginal benefit 16 tons Current Current - - 12 tons 50 800     8 tons 150 1300     4 tons 500 1850     0 tons 1200 2000     The optimal level of pollution is _____.