Your neighbor likes to blast 1970's rock music and the louder the better. The loud music imposes a cost on you because it disrupts your study of economics. Let D stand for the volume of his music in decibels, B for his benefits and C for your costs, where B and C are measured in dollars. For any given volume, D, your neighbor's benefit is B = 0.63D - 0.002D2 and your cost is C = 0.06D + 0.001D2. With an efficient Pigouvian tax, how much will your neighbor pay in noise taxes?

A. $22.50

B. $23.75

C. $28.75

D. $71.25

B. $23.75

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