The table above depicts the cost and demand structure a natural monopoly faces. If regulators required the firm to practice marginal cost pricing, the quantity produced would be $\boxed{}$ and the price charged would be $\boxed{\$}$. What is the firm's profit under this regulatory framework? $\boxed{\$}$
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