A firm carries out price discrimination when it charges

a. a lower price to consumers whose demand is more elastic.
b. the same price to all of their consumers.
c. a higher price to consumers whose demand is more elastic.
d. a higher price when their marginal cost is lower.


a. a lower price to consumers whose demand is more elastic.

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