In general,if a good or service has zero marginal cost but has a positive price,the social outcome

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If a good or service has zero marginal cost, it means that the cost of producing one more unit of that good or service is effectively zero. This means that the producer can continue to supply the good or service as long as there is demand for it, without incurring any additional costs. In this situation, setting a positive price for the good or service will result in a higher quantity of the good or service being supplied, but not necessarily a socially optimal outcome. This is because the price does not reflect the true cost of producing the good or service, and so the quantity supplied may exceed the socially optimal level, resulting in a deadweight loss and a suboptimal allocation of resources. Therefore, the social outcome does not maximize total economic surplus, and the answer is D.

In General,if a Good or Service Has Zero Marginal Cost