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Assume the price of gasoline is $2.40 per gallon,and the equilibrium quantity of gasoline is 12 million gallons per day with no tax on gasoline.Starting from this initial situation,which of the following scenarios would result in the largest deadweight loss?


A) A 10 percent increase in the price of gasoline reduces the quantity of gasoline demanded by 2 percent and it increases the quantity of gasoline supplied by 5 percent;and the tax on gasoline amounts to $0.40 per gallon.
B) A 10 percent increase in the price of gasoline reduces the quantity of gasoline demanded by 2 percent and it increases the quantity of gasoline supplied by 7 percent;and the tax on gasoline amounts to $0.40 per gallon.
C) A 10 percent increase in the price of gasoline reduces the quantity of gasoline demanded by 1 percent and it increases the quantity of gasoline supplied by 8 percent;and the tax on gasoline amounts to $0.35 per gallon.
D) There is insufficient information to make this determination.

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