Price discrimination is related to elasticity because:

A. the firm can increase revenues by charging customers with elastic demands higher prices and charging customers with inelastic demands lower prices.
B. the firm can increase revenues by charging customers with elastic demands lower prices and charging customers with inelastic demands higher prices.
C. the firm can increase revenues by charging all customers higher prices.
D. None of these; elasticity and price discrimination are unrelated.


Answer: B

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