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Consider a market with n ≥ 2 firms engaged in Cournot competition. The firms’ cost functions, and the market demand function are C(q)= 10q and D(p)= 100-p respectively
(a) Find the equilibrium quantity and price, the consumer surplus, and the prof- its of each firm.
(b) How much total surplus is lost due to market power?
(c) What happens to the equilibrium quantity, price, and dead-weight loss when the number of firms grows to infinity?