Refer to the accompanying figure. Suppose a law is passed requiring restaurants to charge no more than $25 per meal. This law would:
A. increase producer surplus.
B. have no effect on producer surplus.
C. decrease producer surplus.
D. have an ambiguous effect on producer surplus.
Answer: C
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