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Consumers’ and Producers’ Surplus Suppose the supply function for oil is given (in dollars) by
and the demand function is given (in dollars) by
(a) Graph the supply and demand curves.
(b) Find the point at which supply and demand are in equilibrium.
(c) Find the consumers’ surplus.
(d) Find the producers’ surplus.
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