Graph 10-3 This Graph Reflects the Market for Kiwifruit

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Multiple Choice

Graph 10-3 This graph reflects the market for kiwifruit, where pesticide used by kiwifruit orchardists also unintentionally kills honey bees.
-Refer to Graph 10-3.At the private market outcome, quantity Q₁ represents the:

• A)quantity of kiwifruit consumers will buy
• B)quantity of kiwifruit and honey consumers will buy
• C)socially optimal quantity of kiwifruit that should be produced
• D)optimal price of a kiwifruit from the standpoint of society as a whole

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