Asher Furniture Store offered customers the option to purchase living room furniture as a set.Each set included a sofa,chair,coffee table,and end table.The set price is 10% less than the cost of the individual pieces.In selling the furniture in sets,Asher Furniture has:
A) violated antitrust law. This is an illegal tying arrangement.
B) violated antitrust law. This is illegal price discrimination.
C) violated antitrust law. This is vertical price maintenance.
D) not violated antitrust law.

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Asher Furniture Store has not violated antitrust law by offering customers the option to purchase living room furniture as a set since the set price is actually less than the combined individual prices of the pieces. This practice can be seen as a form of discounting, which is allowed under antitrust laws.

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