Suppose there are two residents in a neighborhood, and you know both of their demand curves for a public good. What would you have to do in order to figure out what the social demand curve? a-Subtract the demand of the person with the higher valuation of the public good from the demand of the person with the lower valuation of the public good b-Add their demand curves together c-Multiply the two demand curves together d-Subtract the demand of the person with the lower valuation of the public good from the demand of the person with the higher valuation of the public good

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