In accordance with the 1990 Clean Air Act, the state imposes a pollution limit on the market for steel manufacturing shown on the graph below. Place the line segment labeled "Pollution limit" at the optimal pollution limit. Price and cost ($ per ton) 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 Pollution limit B 4 6 8 10 12 14 Quantity in thousands of tons Marginal social cost Marginal cost Demand-marginal benefit 16 18 20
In accordance with the 1990 Clean Air Act, the state imposes a pollution limit on the market for steel manufacturing shown on the graph below. Place the line segment labeled "Pollution limit" at the optimal pollution limit. Price and cost ($ per ton) 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 Pollution limit B 4 6 8 10 12 14 Quantity in thousands of tons Marginal social cost Marginal cost Demand-marginal benefit 16 18 20
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