Answer the Question Based on the Following Information for a Public

question 245

Multiple Choice

Answer the question based on the following information for a public good. Pₐ and Pᵦ are the prices that individuals A and B are willing to pay for the last unit of a public good, rather than do without it. These people are the only two members of society. Suppose government has already produced 4 units of this public good. The amount individual B is willing voluntarily to pay for the fourth unit is

• A)$14.
• B)$5.
• C)$2.
• D)$0.

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Definitions:

Phenylalanine

An essential amino acid that is a building block of proteins, not synthesized by the human body, and thus must be obtained from the diet.

Tay-Sachs Disease

A serious genetic disease in which abnormal lipid metabolism in the brain causes mental deterioration in affected infants and young children; inheritance pattern is autosomal recessive.

Autosomal Recessive

A mode of inheritance in which a trait or disorder is expressed in individuals who have two copies of a mutant gene on one of the non-sex chromosomes (autosomes).

Lipids

A broad group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E, and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, and phospholipids.