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If a customer wants a bowl of soup with the combo, what is the upcharge?

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The upcharge for adding a bowl of soup to a combo can be compared to a coffee shop's revised pricing where creamer and sweetener now require an additional fee beyond the basic coffee price. Like the 2011 Netflix price surge, this upcharge is the extra amount that customers need to pay to enjoy the same product or service offerings they previously received for a set price.

Step-by-step explanation:

If a customer wants a bowl of soup with their combo, the upcharge can be understood by likening it to a coffee shop scenario where pricing has changed. Initially, a cup of coffee was priced at $3, but with the new pricing, coffee alone is $2, creamer is an additional $1, and sweetener is also $1. If you stick with the usual $3, you have to decide between creamer or sweetener. Wanting both would require paying an extra $1. By analogy, if a combo meal does not include the bowl of soup, and you want to add it to your meal, this would be considered an upcharge. For instance, the combo might have previously included a drink and main item for a set price, but now if you want to add a soup to this, it would cost you more, similar to needing both creamer and sweetener in your coffee after the price structure change.

Reflecting on the real-world example of a Netflix price hike from 2011, customers experienced a 60% increase to maintain the same services that they had prior to the hike. Comparable to the coffee and soup examples, the upcharge represents an additional fee for the same service or product offering that customers were accustomed to before the price change.

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