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Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.30 per minute.If Always There Wireless charges the highest fixed fee that it can without losing the low-demand consumers,what is the profit from sales to each of the high-demand consumers?

A) $28.00
B) $24.50
C) $33.00
D) $28.13

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Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.25 per minute.How much can Always There Wireless charge as a fixed fee without losing the low-demand consumers?

A) $9.38
B) $28.13
C) $153.13
D) $1.00

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Always There Wireless is wireless monopolist in a rural area.There are 200 customers,each of whom has a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d = 200 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars and Q is the number of wireless minutes.The marginal cost of providing the wireless service is $0.25 per minute.If Always There charges $0.25 per minute and the largest fixed fee that it can,what is Always There's profit per customer?

Mixed bundling:

Firms bundle their products because:

A movie monopolist sells to students and adults.The demand function for students is Q^d_S = 600 - 100P and the demand function for adults is Q^d_A = 1,200 - 100P.The marginal cost is $2 per ticket.Suppose the movie theater can price discriminate.How many tickets does the theater sell to adults to maximize profits?

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.35 per minute.How many minutes will high-demand consumers purchase?

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.35 per minute.If Always There Wireless charges the highest fixed fee that it can without losing the low-demand consumers,what is Always There Wireless's profit from sales for each high-demand consumer?

Always There Wireless is wireless monopolist in a rural area.There are 200 customers,each of whom has a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d = 200 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars and Q is the number of wireless minutes.The marginal cost of providing the wireless service is $0.25 per minute.If Always There charges $0.50 per minute and the largest fixed fee that it can at that price,what is the difference in profit per customer compared to when it charges $0.25 per minute and the largest fixed fee that it can at that price?

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.35 per minute.How many minutes will low-demand consumers purchase?

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.35 per minute.If Always There Wireless charges the highest fixed fee that it can without losing the low-demand consumers,what is Always There Wireless's total profit?

If a monopoly is price discriminating between two groups,A and B,based on observable customer characteristics,there is no difference in the marginal cost of selling to the two groups,and the elasticity of demand for group A is -1.5 while the elasticity of demand for group B is -2.1,which of the following is true?

A movie monopolist sells to students and adults.The demand function for students is Q^d_S = 600 - 100P and the demand function for adults is Q^d_A = 1,200 - 100P.The marginal cost is $2 per ticket.Suppose the movie theater can price discriminate.What price per ticket does the theater charge students to maximize profits?

A movie monopolist sells to students and adults.The demand function for students is Q^d_S = 600 - 100P and the demand function for adults is Q^d_A = 1,200 - 100P.The marginal cost is $2 per ticket.Suppose the movie theater can price discriminate.What is the monopolist's profit from adults?

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_H = 200 - 100P,and 300 low-demand consumers,who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of Q^d_L = 100 - 100P,where P is the per-minute price in dollars.The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute.Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.30 per minute.What is the highest fixed fee Always There Wireless could charge without losing the low-demand consumers?

Bundling always increases a multi-product monopolist's profit:

When a firm charges more per ounce for a small bottle of ketchup than for a larger one,it is engaging in: