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Transcribed Image Text:The following table shows how the marginal
benefit of a service varies for five consumers.
Quantity 1
Serkan
Asuman
Bahar
Murat
Meriç
3
100
75
50
125
200
4
75
50
25
125
150
150
125
100
200
600
a. Derive the demand curve for this service
assuming that it is a public good.
If marginal cost of the good is 850, what is the
efficient output of the public good?
c. If marginal cost of the good is 425, what is the
efficient output of the public good?
d. If marginal cost of the good is 850, what is the
efficient output assuming it is private good?
125
100
75
150
400
o.
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