A tax on gasoline is proposed in order to raise money for the pollution-control activities of several public agencies. The tax will be 10¢ per gallon, and last year 10.3 million gallons of gasoline were used by motorists (this is strictly an illustrative number). Does this mean that we can anticipate S1,030,000 in revenues from this tax? Explain and use a graph to answer this question.

A tax on gasoline is proposed in order to raise money for the pollution-control activities of several public agencies. The tax will be 10¢ per gallon, and last year 10.3 million gallons of gasoline were used by motorists (this is strictly an illustrative number). Does this mean that we can anticipate S1,030,000 in revenues from this tax? Explain and use a graph to answer this question.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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