If a market is efficient then_______?

A. the market allocates output to the buyers that value it the most

B. the market allocates buyers to the sellers who can produce the good at least cost

C. none of these answers

D. the quantity produced in the market maximizes the sum of consumer and producer surplus

E. all these answers

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