Assuming that Houston uses a flat fee pricing system for trash services, the equilibrium quantity of MSW services provided is

Use the following forany or all of Questions 11 through 13 below. Consider the following model of the municipal solid waste (MSW) services market in the city of Houston.

MSC = 1.5 + 1.25Q MSB = 30 – 2.5Q
MEC= 0.75Q MEB= 0

whereQ is the number of trash containers serviced per household per month.

a. 12 c. 0
b. 1.2 d. 3


a. 12

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