Price discrimination refers to

A) selling a product at different prices according to the differences in marginal cost of providing it to different consumers.
B) selling a product at different prices, with the price difference being unrelated to differences in marginal cost.
C) charging the same prices to all consumers but selling them different quantities.
D) a deliberate effort on the part of a monopoly producer to confuse consumers.


Answer: B

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