he following graph shows Musashi's weekly demand for cheesecake, represented by the blue line. Point A represents a point along his weekly demand curve. The market price of cheesecake is $3.00 per slice, as shown by the horizontal black line. From the previous graph, you can tell that Musashi is willing to pay _____ for his 8th slice of cheesecake each week. Because he has to pay only $3.00 per slice, the consumer surplus he gains from the 8th slice of cheesecake is ________. Suppose the price of cheesecake were to fall to $2.25 per slice. At this lower price, Musashi would receive a consumer surplus of ______ from the 8th slice of cheesecake he buys.

he following graph shows Musashi's weekly demand for cheesecake, represented by the blue line. Point A represents a point along his weekly demand curve. The market price of cheesecake is $3.00 per slice, as shown by the horizontal black line. From the previous graph, you can tell that Musashi is willing to pay _ for his 8th slice of cheesecake each week. Because he has to pay only $3.00 per slice, the consumer surplus he gains from the 8th slice of cheesecake is . Suppose the price of cheesecake were to fall to $2.25 per slice. At this lower price, Musashi would receive a consumer surplus of __ from the 8th slice of cheesecake he buys.

Microeconomics A Contemporary Intro

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285635101

Author:MCEACHERN

Publisher:MCEACHERN

Chapter6: Consumer Choice And Demand

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 15PAE

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Marcia spends her money on tee and biscuits and sugar, which she sees as perfect complements. She eats two biscuits with every cup of tea. A cup of tea costs $2 and one biscuit costs $0.2, and she spends $33.60 on tea and biscuits every week. Use a diagram measuring the number of biscuits on the horizontal axis to show her compensated variation and equivalent variation if the price of a biscuit decreases to $0.1. What can you say about the change in her consumer surplus?.
Suppose that a consumer perceives X and AOG (all other goods) to be perfect (one-for-one) substitutes. The consumer has an income of $100 and the price of x is 80 cents. If the price of x rises to 1.20, what is the resulting change in consumer surplus? Show work and explain
3. It is a hot day, and Nina is thirsty. Here is the value, in money terms, she places on a bottle of lemonade:Value of first bottle £7Value of second bottle £5Value of third bottle £3Value of fourth bottle £1(i) From this information, derive Nina’s demand schedule. Graph her demand curve for bottled lemonade.(ii) If the price of a bottle of lemonade is £4, how many bottles does Nina buy? How much consumer surplus does Nina get from her purchases? Show Nina’s consumer surplus on your graph.(iii) If the price falls to £2, how does quantity demanded change? How does Nina’s consumer surplus change? Show these changes on your graph.
Asap Explain in detail the compensatory variation, equivalent variation and consumer surplus, taking into account the inferior goods situation, using graphs.
only typed answer Albin’s inverse demand function for pretzels is p( q) = 49 – 6 q, where q is the number of pretzels that he consumes. Currently, the price is $1 per pretzel. If the price of pretzels rises to $7 per pretzel, the change in Albin’s consumer surplus is a. –$56. b. –$42. c. –$45. d. –$90. e. –$42.
19. If people consume less of a good when their income increases, it is call a) a subsidy b) a compliment c) a normal good d) an inferrior good
9) Jonathan spends his income (M) on good X and Y. His preferences are represented by theutility function(X, Y) = Ln X + LnY.The price of good Y is 1 and the price of good X is PX.(a) Derive his demand for X and Y. (b) Jonathan’s father considers X and Y as merit goods and wants to encourage his son toconsume more of them by offering him a subsidy of $1 for every unit of X that hepurchases. Suppose the initial price of X is $2, derive the substitution effect ofJonathan’s demand for X with the subsidy when his income is $20.(c) Does the subsidy increase Jonathan’s consumption of Y?(d) How does the subsidy affect Jonathan’s total spending on X and Y.(e) Instead of offering the subsidy, the father decides to spend the same amount of moneyon Jonathan by offering him an income supplement. Is this a better alternative thanthe unit subsidy in achieving the father’s objective? 12(a) Consider a perfectly competitive industry with several identical firms.The cost function of a price-taking firm…
June's evaluation of packets of nacho chips in terms of $MU is as follows: 1st packet: $4; 2nd packet: $3.50; 3rd packet: $2.90; 4th packet: $2.30; 5th packet: $1.60. If the price of nacho chips is $1.50, and June buys 5 packets, calculate her marginal consumer surplus for each packet and the total consumer surplus form all 5.
. It is a hot day, and Bert is thirsty. Here is the value heplaces on each bottle of water:Value of first bottle $7Value of second bottle $5Value of third bottle $3Value of fourth bottle $1a. From this information, derive Bert’s demandschedule. Graph his demand curve for bottledwater.b. If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how manybottles does Bert buy? How much consumersurplus does Bert get from his purchases? ShowBert’s consumer surplus in your graph.c. If the price falls to $2, how does quantitydemanded change? How does Bert’s consumersurplus change? Show these changes in yourgraph.
11. A consumer’s utility only depends on the consumption of goods A and B according to the following Cobb-Douglass utility function: U(A, B) = A1/4 B3/4. The price of goods A and B are $10 and $15, respectively. The consumer has a budget of $1120 that he can use to consume the two goods. Write down the budget constraint and plot it. Calculate the optimal bundle and maximized utility for the consumer. A new tax of $5 is imposed on the price of good B. Compute the new optimal bundle of good A and B for the same consumer. What is the utility loss due to the tax? Show that the consumer would prefer a lump sum income tax that raises the same revenue as the tax on good B.
only typed answer A consumer has inverse demand of p=15−1q for a good and the market price is $4.00. Calculate consumer surplus and the total value of the good for the corresponding quantity consumed. Consumer surplus is $enter your response here. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.) The consumer's expenditure for the good is $enter your response here. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)
Suppose Jolene buys apples weekly. If the price of apples were to drop, Jolene would experience in . a decrease an increase a decrease an increase a decrease total revenue consumer surplus her budget constraint marginal utility willingness to pay Suppose the government levies a tax of $0.50 per pack on the buyers of cigarettes. Suppose also that the price elastic- ity of demand for cigarettes is 1.2 and the price elasticity of supply is 0.7. Because this tax is levied on the sale of a speciﬁ c good, it is an excise tax. a progressive tax. a regressive tax. a proportional tax. a lump-sum tax. After this tax is levied, total surplus will , and the price received by producers (not including the tax) will . increase decrease increase decrease increase increase by exactly $0.50 fall by exactly $0.50 fall by less than $0.50 fall by less than $0.50 increase by more than $0.50 If economists were to study the tax incidence in this cigarette market, they would…