Table 17-8 For a Certain Small Town, the Table Shows the Demand

Multiple Choice

Table 17-8
For a certain small town, the table shows the demand schedule for water. Assume the marginal cost of supplying water is constant at $4 per bottle and there are no other costs.
-Refer to Table 17-8. If there were many suppliers of bottled water, what would be the price and quantity?

A) The price would be $6 per gallon and the quantity would be 800 gallons.
B) The price would be $5 per gallon and the quantity would be 1000 gallons.
C) The price would be $4 per gallon and the quantity would be 1200 gallons.
D) The price would be $3 per gallon and the quantity would be 1400 gallons.