If a firm,Best Computer Buys,requires its customers to buy software from it whenever the customers purchase a computer,the company's policy is called
A) an exclusive deal.
B) a territorial confinement.
C) a tying arrangement.
D) pricing discrimination.
E) predatory pricing.

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The company's policy of requiring customers to purchase software from it whenever they purchase a computer is called a tying arrangement. This practice involves requiring the purchase of one product (the tied product) as a condition for the purchase of another product (the tying product). In this case, the tying product is the computer and the tied product is the software, which the customer is required to purchase as a package deal.

If a Firm,Best Computer Buys,requires Its Customers to Buy Software