Table 17-3

question 149

Multiple Choice

Table 17-3. The information in the table below shows the total demand for premium-channel digital cable TV subscriptions in a small urban market. Assume that each digital cable TV operator pays a fixed cost of $200,000 (per year) to provide premium digital channels in the market area and that the marginal cost of providing the premium channel service to a household is zero.

-Refer to Table 17-3.If there is only one digital cable TV company in this market,what price would it charge for a premium digital channel subscription to maximize its profit?

• A) $30
• B) $60
• C) $90
• D) $150

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Definitions:

Translocation

The process in plants where products of photosynthesis are transported from leaves to other parts of the plant through the phloem.

Polyploidy

The condition of having more than two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism, leading to greater genetic variation and adaptations.

Nondisjunction

Nondisjunction is an error during cell division in which chromosomes fail to separate properly, leading to gametes with an abnormal number of chromosomes.

Meiosis

A form of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in four daughter cells, each with a unique set of chromosomes.