How would you classify a product supplied by a natural monopoly in terms of rivalry and excludability?

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It is rivalrous but cannot exclude consumersIt is neither rivalrous nor can consumers be excludedIt is non-rivalrous yet consumers can be excludedIt is both rivalrous and consumers can be excluded

Explanation

A natural monopoly typically provides a good that is non-rivalrous, meaning one person's consumption does not reduce availability for others, but it is excludable, allowing the provider to prevent non-payers from accessing the good.