Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 119

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: ABC Company
-(Figure: ABC Company) Refer to the figure. The figure depicts the market for a water cleaner for home aquariums. After use it gets washed down drains and enters into streams where it improves the mineral content of the water and thus leads to better water quality and better fish growth. If the users of the cleaner were given a subsidy to compensate them for the benefit they are creating for the ecological system, how much deadweight loss is removed from this market?

• A) $2,400
• B) $3,000
• C) $3,600
• D) $1,200

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Definitions:

Medical Use

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Potential for Abuse

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Disease Model

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Primary Disease

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