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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure and Table: The Market for Taxi Rides
-(Figure and Table: The Market for Taxi Rides) Look at the figure and table The Market for Taxi Rides. The figure represents a competitive market for taxi rides. If the government imposes an excise tax of $2 per ride (causing the supply curve to shift upward by that amount) , then the government will collect tax revenues of _____, BUT the tax will cause a _____ deadweight loss to society.

• A) $8 million; $1 million
• B) $16 million; $2 million
• C) $24 million; $4.5 million
• D) $48 million; $6 million

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