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Transcribed Image Text:If a monopolist faces an inverse demand curve, p(y) = 100-2y and has constant marginal costs of $32 and zero fixed costs and if this monopolist is able to practice
perfect price discrimination, its total profits will be
O a. $1,156.
O b. $17.
O c. $578.
O d. $1,734.
O e. $289.
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