The figure above shows the market for brooms. If 400 brooms are produced,

A) consumer surplus is maximized.
B) producer surplus is maximized.
C) market failure and a deadweight loss occur.
D) marginal cost is greater than marginal benefit.
E) consumer surplus equals zero.


C

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