Price of hamburger $4.00 3.60, 3.20 2.80 S1 2.40 2.00 1.60 1.20 0.80 0.40 D1 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 Quantity of hamburgers (per week)

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The figure shows the weekly market for hamburgers at the Tasty Burger Palace. If the market is originally in equilibrium and the government then imposes an excise tax of $0.80 per unit of the good sold, producer surplus will be reduced by:

Choose one answer.
  a. $105.  
  b. $240.  
  c. $160.  
  d. $175.
 
Price of
hamburger
$4.00
3.60,
3.20
2.80
S1
2.40
2.00
1.60
1.20
0.80
0.40
D1
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0
Quantity of hamburgers
(per week)
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