Which of the following statements are true about this natural monopoly? check all that apply. it is more efficient on the cost side for one producer to exist in this market rather than a large number of producers. the cable company is experiencing diseconomies of scale. the cable company must own a scarce resource. in order for a monopoly to exist in this case, the government must have intervened and created it. true or false: without government regulation, natural monopolies always earn zero profit in the long run. true false

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.