Suppose a city has 20 citizens. The first 10 citizens each derive marginal benefit from traffic lights according to the function MB = 10 - Q, and the remaining 10 citizens each derive marginal benefit from traffic lights according to the function MB = 20 - Q. If traffic lights cost $20 each to produce, what is the efficient quantity of traffic lights?

A) 14 traffic lights
B) 16 traffic lights
C) 12 traffic lights
D) 9 traffic lights

A

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