The supreme court has generally considered a firm to be an illegal monopoly under the sherman act if

A firm is considered to be an illegal monopoly if the firm perform some nefarious business deals that ensure the artificial preservation of the firm as a monopolist.
For instance, it is illegal for two or more companies to create a merger solely for monopolistic purposes.

Step-by-step explanation:

depends what K is.

But usually an algabraic letter with no value is equal to one

K=1

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