When legislators consider passing policies to control pollution, they must consider the potential economic impacts of the policies. The legislators are given the information shown in the figure.
-According to the figure,what level of pollution reduction comes at the highest cost?
A)From 60% to 80% pollution reduction
B)The first 20% of pollution reduction
C)From 20% to 40% pollution reduction
D)From 80% to 100% pollution reduction

Question

When legislators consider passing policies to control pollution, they must consider the potential economic impacts of the policies. The legislators are given the information shown in the figure.
-According to the figure,what level of pollution reduction comes at the highest cost?
A)From 60% to 80% pollution reduction 
B)The first 20% of pollution reduction 
C)From 20% to 40% pollution reduction 
D)From 80% to 100% pollution reduction

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

From the graph, we can see that the cost of pollution reduction increases steeply as we approach 100% reduction. This means that the highest cost of pollution reduction is between 80% to 100% reduction, which is option D.

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