A doctor in a rural area faces the following demand schedule:

Price per Number of Office

Office Visit Visits per Day

$200 ............... 2

$175 ................ 3

$150 ................ 5

$125 ............... 8

$100 ............... 12

$ 75 ................ 18

$ 50 ................ 23

$ 25 ................ 25

The doctor’s marginal cost of seeing patients is a constant $50 per patient.

a. If the doctor must charge all patients the same price, what price will she charge, and how many patients will she see each day?

b. If the doctor can perfectly price discriminate, how many patients will she see each day?