Eleven Consumers Are Trying to Decide Whether to Connect to a New

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Multiple Choice

Eleven consumers are trying to decide whether to connect to a new communications network.Consumer 1 is of type 1, consumer 2 is of type 2, consumer 3 is of type 3, and so on.Where k is the number of consumers connected to the network (including oneself) , a consumer of type n has a willingness to pay to belong to this network equal to k times n.What is the highest price at which 4 consumers could all connect to the network and either make a profit or at least break even?

• A)$24
• B)$64
• C)$40
• D)$28
• E)$32

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Definitions:

Lowering the Price

A strategy in which a seller reduces the cost of a product or service to attract more buyers or drive sales volume.

Monopoly Firms

Entities that are the sole providers of a product or service in a market, facing no competition.

Downward-Sloping

A term often used in economics to describe a line or curve on a graph that demonstrates a decrease in one variable as another increases.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at each price.