The table below represents the revenues for a monopolist. Suppose the monopolist has a marginal cost of $78 per unit and no fixed costs. How much can the monopolist increase its profit by engaging in perfect price discrimination? Q MR $150.00 $150.00 1 $147.00 $144.00 2 $144.00 $138.00 3 $141.00 $132.00 4 $138.00 $126.00 $135.00 $120.00 $132.00 $114.00 7 $129.00 $108.00 $126.00 $102.00 9. $123.00 $96.00 10 $120.00 $90.00 11 $117.00 $84.00 12 $114.00 $78.00 13 $111.00 $72.00 14 $108.00 $66.00 15 $105.00 $60.00 16 $102.00 $54.00 17 $99.00 $48.00 18 $96.00 $42.00 19 $93.00 $36.00 20 $90.00 $30.00 21 $87.00 $24.00 22 $84.00 $18.00 23 $81.00 $12.00 24 $78.00 $6.00 25 $75.00 $0.00

The table below represents the revenues for a monopolist. Suppose the monopolist has a marginal cost of $78 per unit and no fixed costs. How much can the monopolist increase its profit by engaging in perfect price discrimination? Q MR $150.00 $150.00 1 $147.00 $144.00 2 $144.00 $138.00 3 $141.00 $132.00 4 $138.00 $126.00 $135.00 $120.00 $132.00 $114.00 7 $129.00 $108.00 $126.00 $102.00 9. $123.00 $96.00 10 $120.00 $90.00 11 $117.00 $84.00 12 $114.00 $78.00 13 $111.00 $72.00 14 $108.00 $66.00 15 $105.00 $60.00 16 $102.00 $54.00 17 $99.00 $48.00 18 $96.00 $42.00 19 $93.00 $36.00 20 $90.00 $30.00 21 $87.00 $24.00 22 $84.00 $18.00 23 $81.00 $12.00 24 $78.00 $6.00 25 $75.00 $0.00

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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