Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 103

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following questions.

Figure 16.2.1
-Refer to Figure 16.2.1. The figure shows the marginal private cost curve, the marginal social cost curve and the market demand curve. If the market is unregulated, then the quantity produced is

• A)zero.
• B)Q₁.
• C)Q₂.
• D)Q₃.
• E)too low.

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