If Marginal Benefit Is Equal to Marginal Cost, Then the

Multiple Choice

If marginal benefit is equal to marginal cost, then the

A) producer surplus is equal to the consumer surplus.
B) deadweight loss is more than zero but less than its maximum.
C) market has squeezed out total surplus so that it equals zero.
D) sum of producer surplus and consumer surplus is as large as possible.
E) sum of producer surplus and consumer surplus equals zero.