The figure above shows a labor market. If there is a monopsony in this labor market, then increasing the minimum wage from $3 per hour to $5 per hour

A) will increase the quantity of labor employed.
B) will leave unchanged the quantity of labor employed.
C) will decrease the quantity of labor employed.
D) could increase, decrease, or leave unchanged the quantity of labor employed.


A

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