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A-LevelEconomicsThe price system and the microeconomy9708/12 · May/June 2017 · Q141 Mark

A specific tax is placed on the sale of bottles of lemonade. In the diagram, SS is the supply curve before imposition of the tax and S₁S₁ is the supply curve after tax. [Figure 14.1] Which distance represents the specific tax on each bottle?

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BWT
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B: WT

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The price system and the microeconomy, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 14.

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