In a successive monopoly structure, if distributor has a constant marginal cost of $5 and is paying the producer $12 per unit, which is the profit-maximizing wholesale price, what is the distributor's marginal revenue at this output level?

A) $7
B) $17
C) $12
D) $5


B) $17

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