Suppose there are 51 firms in a market. The largest firm has sales of $50 million and each of the other firms has sales of $1 million. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of this industry is

A. 2,501.
B. 2,500.
C. 50.
D. 2,550.


Answer: D

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