Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:The graph shows the unregulated market for electricity.
The marginal external cost of the pollution created is equal to the marginal private cost of producing electricity at every quantity of
electricity produced.
Draw a point to show the marginal social cost when production is 500 kilowatts per day. Label it 1.
Draw the marginal social cost curve. Label it MSC.
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Draw a point to show the quantity of electricity produced with no pollution control and the marginal social cost of the electricity
generated. Label it 2.
Draw a shape to show the deadweight loss with no pollution control. Label it DWL.
The deadweight loss created by the pollution is $
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