1. Suppose you are a consultant who specializes in advising monopolies on how to maximize their profits. Five firms are currently seeking your advice, and although the information they have supplied to you is incomplete, your expert knowledge allows you to make a definite recommendation in each case. For each firm, select one of the following recommendations about what they should do in the short run: 1) remain at the current output level, 2) increase output, 3) reduce output, 4) shut down, or 5) go back and recalculate your figures because the ones supplied cannot possibly be right.

Firm	Price	MR	R	Q	C	MC	ATC	AVC
A	.	9	44000	4000	.	9	11.9	10.74
B	3.9	3	.	2000	7400	2.9	.	3.24
C	5.9	.	.	10000	.	5.9	4.74	4.24
D	35.9	37.9	.	5000	.	27.9	35.9	.
E	35	.	3990	1000	3300	.	at ATCmin	23.94