Refer to the diagrams, in which figures (a) and (b) show demand curves reflecting the prices Alvin and Elmer are willing to pay for a public good, rather than do without it. If the marginal cost of the optimal quantity of this public good is $10, the optimal quantity must be

What will be an ideal response?


3 units.

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