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The graph illustrates the unregulated market for pesticide.
When the factories produce pesticide, they also create waste which they dump into
a lake on the outskirts of a small town.
The marginal external cost of the dumped waste is equal to the marginal private cost of
producing pesticide (that is, the marginal social cost of producing the pesticide is double the
marginal private cost).
If the pesticide factories own the lake, how much pesticide is produced?
If the pesticide factories own the lake, the quantity of pesticide produced is
tons a week.
Transcribed Image Text:The graph illustrates the unregulated market for pesticide. When the factories produce pesticide, they also create waste which they dump into a lake on the outskirts of a small town. The marginal external cost of the dumped waste is equal to the marginal private cost of producing pesticide (that is, the marginal social cost of producing the pesticide is double the marginal private cost). If the pesticide factories own the lake, how much pesticide is produced? If the pesticide factories own the lake, the quantity of pesticide produced is tons a week.
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Transcribed Image Text:360- 320 280 Price and cost (dollars per ton) 240 200- S 160- 120- 80- 40 10 20 30 40 50 ง B Quantity (tons per week) >>> Draw only the objects specified in the question.
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