The first table shows the demand schedule for electricity from a coal-burning utility. The second table shows the utility’s cost of producing electricity and the external cost of the pollution created.

With no pollution control, calculate the quantity of electricity produced, the marginal social cost of the electricity generated, and the deadweight loss.

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Price (cents per kilowatt) 4 8 12 16 20 24 Quantity demanded (kilowatts per day) 500 400 300 200 100 0