Suppose That a Monopolist Produces Good X

question 128

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a monopolist produces good X.He sells one version of X to consumers and another version to businesses.The marginal cost of the consumer version is $5,while the business version has a marginal cost of $5.75.One can infer that

• A) the monopolist will charge two different prices and is not practicing price discrimination.
• B) the monopolist will charge one uniform price to both consumers and businesses.
• C) the monopolist will charge two different prices and is perfectly price-discriminating.
• D) the monopolist will charge two different prices and is imperfectly price-discriminating.
• E) businesses will try to sell their units to consumers for a profit.

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