Firm X, a designer clothing company, buys $400 worth of silk from a silk trader and $30 worth of accessories from Firm Y. Firm X makes a dress and sells it to Macy's for $900. Macy sells the dress to a customer for $1200. How much did GDP increase because of these transactions?

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Firm X, a designer clothing company, buys $400 worth of silk from a silk trader and $30 worth of accessories from Firm Y. Firm X makes a dress and sells it to Macy's for $900. Macy sells the dress to a customer for $1200. How much did GDP increase because of these transactions?

 

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$1200
 

B) 

$1330
 

C) 

$2100
 

D) 

$2530
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