Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions

question 38

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions:
The accompanying figure depicts the demand (D) curve for general admission concert tickets to see ECON-Jammin', the world's first economics rock band, which is scheduled to visit your city next month. The concert venue can accommodate 100 fans with a marginal cost (MC) of $10 per person.
-ECON-Jammin' has recently discovered that its fans are made up of two distinct groups, which they can easily distinguish. They have decided to utilize their economic knowledge and offer a high-priced ticket of $40 per person and a low-priced ticket of $20 per person. Based on this information, what is the gain in net revenue from using price discrimination versus a single-price model?

• A) $200
• B) $150
• C) $100
• D) $50
• E) $0

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