If an Industry Currently Has a Herfindahl Index of 900

Multiple Choice

If an industry currently has a Herfindahl index of 900 and a merger would raise that to 950, then the Department of Justice would generally

A) challenge the merger because the index would become too large
B) challenge the merger because the change in the index is too large
C) not challenge the merger because the postmerger index is less than 1, 800
D) not challenge the merger if it is a horizontal merger
E) challenge the merger if it is a vertical merger