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Question $16$ of $17$

The accompanying schedule depicts the marginal social cost $($MSC$)$ and the marginal social benefit $($MSB$)$ associated with pollution emissions. Assume the polluters bear none of the social cost of pollution and all of the benefits. Quantity is measured in tons.

What is the socially optimal amount of pollution?

$0$ tons

$7$ tons

$8$ tons

$9$ tons

What is the size of the tax that would move the market to this socially optimal quantity?

What is the size of the tax that would move the market to this socially optimal quantity?

$$150$ per ton

Social Cost$-$

Benefit Schedule

$\backslash$table$[[$Q$,$MSB$,$MSC$],[4,180,60],[5,165,75],[6,150,90],[7,135,105],[8,120,120],[9,105,135],[10,90,150],[11,75,165],[12,60,180],[13,45,195],[14,30,210],[15,15,225],[16,0,240]]$

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