The Diagram Below Shows the Marginal Cost of Pollution Abatement

question 79

Multiple Choice

The diagram below shows the marginal cost of pollution abatement for two firms,Firm X and Firm Y.
FIGURE 17- 4
-Refer to Figure 17- 4.Ignore the horizontal line at t.The optimal amount of pollution abatement for these two firms together is

• A)QR for X + Qy for Y.
• B)Qx + Qy.
• C)QR for X + QR for Y.
• D)Qx for X + QR for Y.
• E)impossible to tell without the marginal benefit of abatement curve.

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