The figure below shows the demand and the supply in a market before and after a tax is imposed. The demand and the supply curves are straight lines.

-Refer to the figure above.What is the deadweight loss due to this tax?
A) $500,000
B) $750,000
C) $1,000,000
D) Not enough information to compute the answer
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