What is the typical outcome for the provision of a public good in a free market system?

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It will be supplied in insufficient amounts by the free marketIt will be supplied in excessive quantities by the free marketIt will not be supplied at all by the free marketIt does not involve any opportunity cost

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Public goods are generally not provided by the free market because they are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, leading to the free rider problem. As a result, private markets have little incentive to supply them, causing these goods to be absent from free market provision.