A monopolist sells a single good in two periods. There are two conumers who want to buy one unit of the good in each period. The willingnessto pay of consumer A is 2, while the willingness to pay of consumer B is 1.5. b) Suppose that the monoplist has indetified which consumers is A and B in period two and can set different prices. What are the optimal prices?

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