The following figure shows the domestic demand and supply curves for a good. With free trade, the price of the good in the domestic market is P3. The government introduces a 5% tariff in the market which raises the domestic price to P2.
Figure 7-1

-Refer to Figure 7-1. If the government substitutes the tariff for a quota that raises the price in the domestic price to P2, the deadweight loss in the market would be equal to:
A) the area of GHLM.
B) the area of GHKJ.
C) the area of HMK.
D) the area of JGL.
E) the area of JGL + HMK.
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