The Diagram Below Shows the Marginal Cost of Pollution Abatement

Multiple Choice

The diagram below shows the marginal cost of pollution abatement for two firms,Firm X and Firm Y. FIGURE 17-6
-Refer to Figure 17-6.Firms X and Y have an emissions tax of $t imposed on each unit of pollution they produce.If Firm X chooses to abate Q_X units of pollution,the total cost of its abatement is

A) tax amount t multiplied by the maximum possible level of pollution abatement.
B) area beneath the marginal cost of pollution abatement curve.
C) area below the horizontal line at t and above the MC of pollution abatement curve.
D) tax amount t multiplied by the level of pollution abatement,Q_X.
E) area beneath the marginal cost of pollution abatement curve up to Q_X.