Often the fee structure for electric companies are based off of the quantities that a customer consumes, and that on average the price of electricity falls as more electricity is consumed. This is an example of what type of price discrimination?

A. First-degree price discrimination.
B. Second-degree price discrimination.
C. Third-degree price discrimination.
D. It is not price discrimination.


Answer: B

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