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The graph shows the market for cashews.
What is the equilibrium price of cashews? What is the equilibrium quantity of cashews?
Is the market for cashews efficient or inefficient? Why?
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The equilibrium price of cashews is $ a pound and the equilibrium quantity of cashews is
pounds.
The market for cashews is
O A. inefficient only if the cost of growing all the cashews is an average of $6.00 a pound
OB. efficient because the marginal benefit of cashews equals the marginal cost of producing them,
which is $6.00 a pound
OC. inefficient because growers of cashews receive a large producer surplus
O D. efficient because the benefit of each pound of cashews consumed equals the cost of growing it
OE. efficient only if the total benefit of the cashews equals $6.00 a pound
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Transcribed Image Text:The graph shows the market for cashews. What is the equilibrium price of cashews? What is the equilibrium quantity of cashews? Is the market for cashews efficient or inefficient? Why? CIER The equilibrium price of cashews is $ a pound and the equilibrium quantity of cashews is pounds. The market for cashews is O A. inefficient only if the cost of growing all the cashews is an average of $6.00 a pound OB. efficient because the marginal benefit of cashews equals the marginal cost of producing them, which is $6.00 a pound OC. inefficient because growers of cashews receive a large producer surplus O D. efficient because the benefit of each pound of cashews consumed equals the cost of growing it OE. efficient only if the total benefit of the cashews equals $6.00 a pound billion A 12.00- 10.00- 8.00- 6.00+ 4.00- 2.00- 0.00+ 0 Price (dollars per pound) S 3 9 12 6 Quantity (billions of pounds per year) D 15 Q Q
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