Suppose There Are Ten People Playing Cards in a Room

Suppose there are ten people playing cards in a room.One of them wants to smoke a cigar;nine of them dislike the smell of cigar smoke.The smoker values the privilege of smoking at $5,and each of the other nine occupants of the room would be willing to pay fifty cents for clean air in the room.The rules governing use of the room state that smoking is not allowed unless everyone agrees to allow smoking.
Refer to the information given above.Which outcome is consistent with the Coase Theorem?

A) The cigar smoker will not be able to smoke because there are more non-smokers in the room.
B) The cigar smoker will pay each other occupant fifty-five cents,and they will agree to allow smoking.
C) The cigar smoker will smoke because the external cost of smoking does not need to be taken into consideration.
D) The nine non-smoking occupants will each pay the cigar smoker fifty cents and the cigar smoker will not smoke.