Table 10-3 the Following Table Shows the Marginal Costs for Each of Each

question 323

Multiple Choice

Table 10-3
The following table shows the marginal costs for each of four firms (A,B,C,and D) to eliminate units of pollution from their production processes.For example,for Firm A to eliminate one unit of pollution,it would cost $54,and for Firm A to eliminate a second unit of pollution it would cost an additional $67.

-Refer to Table 10-3.If the government charged a fee of $69 per unit of pollution,how many units of pollution would the firms eliminate altogether?

• A) 7
• B) 8
• C) 9
• D) 10

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