Using the above figure, if the government levies a new unit tax in this market, S represents the original supply curve, and St represents the after-tax supply curve, then the after-tax price paid by consumers is the vertical distance from the origin

to A) point A.
B) point B.
C) somewhere between point B and point A.
D) point F.


B

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