Use the Table Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 86

Multiple Choice

Use the table below to answer the following questions.
Table 15.2.1
-Refer to Table 15.2.1.Given in the table are the marginal private cost and the marginal social cost of the production of chemical fertilizer and the marginal social benefit from the consumption of fertilizer.Assume the market is perfectly competitive.If the market is unregulated,the marginal

• A)social cost equals the marginal private benefit.
• B)private cost is less than the marginal social benefit.
• C)private cost equals the marginal social benefit.
• D)social cost equals the marginal private cost.
• E)private cost is greater than the marginal social benefit.

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