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Table 17-2
the Information in the Following Table Shows the Total

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Table 17-2
The information in the following table shows the total demand for internet radio subscriptions in a small urban market. Assume that each company that provides these subscriptions incurs an annual fixed cost of $20,000 (per year) and that the marginal cost of providing an additional subscription is always $16.


 Quantity Demanded  (Internet radio  sub scriptions)   Price  (Dollars per subscription  per year)  064500601,000561,500522,000482,500443,000403,500364,000324,500285,000245,500206,000166,500127,00087,50048,0000\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Quantity Demanded } \\\text { (Internet radio } \\\text { sub scriptions) }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Price } \\\text { (Dollars per subscription } \\\text { per year) }\end{array} \\\hline 0 & 64 \\\hline 500 & 60 \\\hline 1,000 & 56 \\\hline 1,500 & 52 \\\hline 2,000 & 48 \\\hline 2,500 & 44 \\\hline 3,000 & 40 \\\hline 3,500 & 36 \\\hline 4,000 & 32 \\\hline 4,500 & 28 \\\hline 5,000 & 24 \\\hline 5,500 & 20 \\\hline 6,000 & 16 \\\hline 6,500 & 12 \\\hline 7,000 & 8 \\\hline 7,500 & 4 \\\hline 8,000 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}
-Refer to Table 17-2. Assume there are two internet radio providers that operate in this market. If they are able to collude on the quantity of subscriptions that will be sold and on the price that will be charged for subscriptions, then their agreement will stipulate that


A) each firm will charge a price of $40 and each firm will sell 3,000 subscriptions.
B) each firm will charge a price of $40 and each firm will sell 1,500 subscriptions.
C) each firm will charge a price of $32 and each firm will sell 2,000 subscriptions.
D) each firm will charge a price of $20 and each firm will sell 3,000 subscriptions.

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