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

question 112

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 wanted to reduce pollution from 16 units to 6 units,which of the following fees per unit of pollution would achieve that goal?

• A) $67
• B) $68
• C) $81
• D) $83

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