Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 149

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: PPV
-(Figure: PPV) Look at the figure PPV, which shows the demand and marginal revenue for a pay-per-view football game on cable TV. Assume that the marginal cost and average cost are a constant $20. If the cable company is in a perfectly competitive industry, how much is consumer surplus?

• A) $0
• B) $320
• C) $160
• D) $500

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total cost, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the additional gain over the opportunity cost.

Perfectly Competitive Industry

An industry in which numerous small firms produce identical products, where no single firm can influence the market price, and all firms are price takers.

AC

Alternating current, a type of electrical current in which the flow of electric charge periodically reverses direction.

Government

The organization or system through which a community or society exercises authority and performs functions.