Alex is playing his music at full volume in his dorm room. The other people living on his floor are enjoying his music, but Alex does not know or care. Alex's music playing is an example of a:

A. Pareto externality.
B. negative externality.
C. normative externality.
D. positive externality.


Answer: D

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