Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution (Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution) In the figure The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution, without government intervention:
A)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is zero.
B)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is $200.
C)the optimal quantity of pollution will occur.
D)The outcome cannot be determined without more information.

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Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution  (Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution) In the figure The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution, without government intervention:
A)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is zero. 
B)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is $200. 
C)the optimal quantity of pollution will occur. 
D)The outcome cannot be determined without more information.

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The Answer of Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution  (Figure: The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution) In the figure The Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution, without government intervention:
A)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is zero. 
B)firms will continue to pollute until the marginal social benefit is $200. 
C)the optimal quantity of pollution will occur. 
D)The outcome cannot be determined without more information.

Figure: the Socially Optimal Quantity of Pollution (Figure: the Socially