Tom and Jerry are the only members of society. The table above shows their marginal benefits from defense satellites, a public good. If the marginal social cost of a satellite is $54, the quantity of satellites provided by a competitive market is

A) 0.
B) 1.
C) 2.
D) 3.


A

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