Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 100

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions. Figure 15.3.1
-Refer to Figure 15.3.1.The figure shows the marginal private benefit curve,the marginal social benefit curve,and the market supply curve.If production is left to the private market,then at the equilibrium quantity the marginal social benefit from consumption is

• A)less than the marginal cost to producers.
• B)less than the marginal social cost of production.
• C)equal to the marginal cost to producers.
• D)equal to the marginal private benefit from consumption.
• E)greater than the marginal cost to producers.

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