aructions: Enter your answers for quantty as a whole number Round your answers for price to two decimal places Under the quota the willingness to pay for the last bag used for Cindy is $ and for Carl $ Under the tax, Cndy will use bags and Cart wil use[ bags The wiingness to pay for the last bag used for Cndy s $ and for Carl S The town should edopta Oplastic bag tax because revenue will be colected and the cost will be lower Oplastic-bag tax becauset achieves the same outcome in terms of the number of bags but does so more etficiently Oplastic-bag quota because itachieves the same outcome in terms of me number of bags but does so more efficienty
aructions: Enter your answers for quantty as a whole number Round your answers for price to two decimal places Under the quota the willingness to pay for the last bag used for Cindy is $ and for Carl $ Under the tax, Cndy will use bags and Cart wil use[ bags The wiingness to pay for the last bag used for Cndy s $ and for Carl S The town should edopta Oplastic bag tax because revenue will be colected and the cost will be lower Oplastic-bag tax becauset achieves the same outcome in terms of the number of bags but does so more etficiently Oplastic-bag quota because itachieves the same outcome in terms of me number of bags but does so more efficienty
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Transcribed Image Text:Many municipalities are concerned about the environmental impact of plastic bags, which often end up as litter, clogging drains, and
hanging from tree branches. A town is considering whether to impose a tax on plastic bags to be collected at the store or a per person
quota. Cindy and Carl are two average citizens who both use plastic bags when they go grocery shopping Plastic bags are currently
free when they shop. The figures below show each individual's demand curve for plastic bags
(A) Quota
(8) Tax
Price
Price
$1.10
$1. 10
$1.00
Quota
$1.00
$0.90
S0 90
$0 80
S0 70
S0 60
$0 80
$0 70
$0 60
$0 50
$0 40
$0 30
$0 20
$0.50
Cindy
$0 40
$0.30
Cindy
$0 20
Cel
Carl
$0.10
$0.10
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Quantity of plastic bags
Quantity of plastic bags
Instructions: Enter your answers for quantity as a whole number Round your answers for price to two decimal places
a. Under the quota, the willingness to pay for the last bag used for Cindy is S
and for Carl, $
b. Under the tax, Cndy will use
bags and Cart wil use
bags
The willingness to pay for the last bag used for Cindy is S
and for Carl, S
c The town should adopt a
Oplastic bag tax, because revenue will be collected and the cost will be lower
O plastic-bag tax, because it achieves the same outcome in terms of the number of bags but does so more efficiently
Oplastic-bag quota, because it achieves the same outcome in terms of the number of bags but does so more efficiently
O plastic-bag quota, because fewer people wil complain
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