The image below represents the market for tobacco. Assume one company has market power and sets a single price to maximize profits. After this the government decides to disrupt the monopoly which then causes the market to become perfectly competitive. If the government wants to reduce tobacco use, what is the tax that it must place on the tobacco market so the market results in a perfectly competitive equilibrium quantity of at least 50% smaller than the market power equilibrium quantity?

A. $1.80

B. $2.80

C. $3.50

D. $5.50

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