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Chapter23: Monopoly
Section23.5: Price Discrimination
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![For each quantity of tutoring sessions she could give, fill in the Total Revenue column in the following table with the most total revenue she could earn
at each quantity of sessions. Then, complete the table by computing the marginal revenue at each quantity of tutoring sessions.
Students
(Sessions per week)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Willingness to Pay
(Dollars per tutoring session)
40
38
36
34
32
30
28
26
24
Total Revenue
(Dollars per week)
0
40
76
108
136
160
180
196
208
216
If Frances can practice perfect price discrimination, she should give
Marginal Revenue
(Dollars per tutoring session)
If Frances has to charge a single price to all of her students, she will maximize her profit by giving
efficient number, which is
tutoring sessions.
tutoring sessions.
40
36
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
tutoring sessions. This is
than the
Now suppose Frances cannot practice perfect price discrimination, but she is able to find a hurdle that identifies the group of students who are willing
to pay at least $34 for a tutoring session (the "list price" submarket), and those who are not (the "discount price" submarket). In order to maximize
her profit under this pricing scheme, she should charge in the list price submarket and in the discount price submarket.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F01ac07b9-94d3-4bc1-91b7-721d4ce1d107%2F51030f7a-4b0e-4c83-80ab-bd062144baa3%2Fd5ucwal_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:For each quantity of tutoring sessions she could give, fill in the Total Revenue column in the following table with the most total revenue she could earn
at each quantity of sessions. Then, complete the table by computing the marginal revenue at each quantity of tutoring sessions.
Students
(Sessions per week)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Willingness to Pay
(Dollars per tutoring session)
40
38
36
34
32
30
28
26
24
Total Revenue
(Dollars per week)
0
40
76
108
136
160
180
196
208
216
If Frances can practice perfect price discrimination, she should give
Marginal Revenue
(Dollars per tutoring session)
If Frances has to charge a single price to all of her students, she will maximize her profit by giving
efficient number, which is
tutoring sessions.
tutoring sessions.
40
36
32
28
24
20
16
12
8
tutoring sessions. This is
than the
Now suppose Frances cannot practice perfect price discrimination, but she is able to find a hurdle that identifies the group of students who are willing
to pay at least $34 for a tutoring session (the "list price" submarket), and those who are not (the "discount price" submarket). In order to maximize
her profit under this pricing scheme, she should charge in the list price submarket and in the discount price submarket.
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