Use the Figure Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 266

Multiple Choice

Use the figure below to answer the following question(s) .
Figure 4-9
-Refer to Figure 4-9. The market for gasoline was initially in equilibrium at point b and a $.40 excise tax is illustrated. What does the triangular area abc represent?

• A) the revenue the government derives from the tax
• B) the tax paid by consumers
• C) the tax paid by producers
• D) the deadweight loss (or excess burden) created by the tax

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Bone-forming cell.

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