An economist was trying to understand the relation between price, Marginal Revenue and Marginal cost in Monopoly and Perfect Competition. Determine equilibrium price and output in the long run under Monopoly and Perfect Competition if the market demand curve is given as QD=500-2P and Marginal cost is Rs 50. Also comment on the values obtained in the case of Monopoly and Perfect Competition

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