Refer to the information in Figure 16.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.?Figure 16.5Figure 16.5 shows the marginal benefits of emitting pollution for the only two chemical companies in an industry, Alpha Chemicals and Beta Chemicals. Before any tax on pollution emissions is imposed, each company views pollution as being free.Refer to Figure 16.5. The government decides to impose a tax on pollution emissions to cut total emissions in this industry in half, and based on this decision it has set the tax at $100 per ton of emissions. For Alpha, the tax is ________ than the marginal benefit it gets from polluting, and for Beta, the tax is ________
than the marginal benefit it gets from polluting.
A. higher; lower
B. lower; higher
C. lower; lower
D. higher; higher
Answer: D
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A. National Science Foundation. B. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). C. Department of Defense. D. Federal Office of Technology Policy.
Fran runs a doughnut shop in a tiny 3-person town. The accompanying table shows the quantity demand by the three townspeople at various prices.Price Per DoughnutQuantity Demandedby AlQuantity Demandedby BettyQuantity Demandedby Carol10 cents104625 cents92535 cents71550 cents504When the price of a doughnut is 50 cents, what is the market demand for doughnuts?
A. 9 doughnuts B. 31 doughnuts C. 20 doughnuts D. 5 doughnuts