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The term "fast fashion" refers to low-quality clothing items produced cheaply in mass quantities. As a buyer typically only wears each fast fashion piece a few times, the fast fashion industry creates extra factory pollution and landfill waste. The market price of a fast-fashion T-shirt is $12, but the marginal external cost is $2.50 per shirt. What is the marginal social cost of a fast-fashion T-shirt at the market equilibrium quantity?Question 11Answera.$14.50b.$9.50Incorrect.c.$2.50d.$12.00

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The term "fast fashion" refers to low-quality clothing items produced cheaply in mass quantities. As a buyer typically only wears each fast fashion piece a few times, the fast fashion industry creates extra factory pollution and landfill waste. The market price of a fast-fashion T-shirt is 12,butthemarginalexternalcostis12, but the marginal external cost is 2.50 per shirt. What is the marginal social cost of a fast-fashion T-shirt at the market equilibrium quantity?Question 11Answera.14.50b.14.50b.9.50Incorrect.c.2.50d.2.50d.12.00

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The marginal social cost of a fast-fashion T-shirt at the market equilibrium quantity is calculated by adding the market price of the T-shirt to the marginal external cost. In this case, the market price is 12andthemarginalexternalcostis12 and the marginal external cost is 2.50.

So, 12(MarketPrice)+12 (Market Price) + 2.50 (Marginal External Cost) = $14.50

Therefore, the marginal social cost of a fast-fashion T-shirt at the market equilibrium quantity is 14.50.So,theanswerisa.14.50. So, the answer is a. 14.50.

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