The tax wedge in the figure above is equal to ________ per hour, which creates an after-tax real wage rate of ________ per hour and employment of ________ billion hours per year

A) $10; $35; 250 B) $10; $35; 200 C) $15; $20; 200 D) $5; $35; 200 E) $15; $30; 250


C

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