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Street cleaning can be viewed as an example of a public good. Suppose there are two residents, Ajay and Kasie in the city and the government is considering how often it should provide street cleaning services. Draw the individual marginal benefit curves of Ajay and Kasie. Suppose the marginal cost of providing the street cleanings is constant at $6, show in a third graph, how the efficient provision of the public good (quantities of street cleaning) is determined.