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Match each term in column A with the most appropriate graph in column B.
Column A | Column B |
Consumer Surplus
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a. a) |
The graph from the provided options that matches the provided term “consumer surplus”.
Answer to Problem 1RE
Solution:
The graph that matches with the provided term “consumer surplus”is (d).
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The provided term is “consumer surplus” choices of graphs are:
Consider the provided term, “Consumer surplus”
The consumer surplus is the profit obtained by consumer when he paid less than the amount, he wishes to pay for a product.
It is convenient to consider a demand and supply as a function of price. For this we will think of demand and supply as prices that are functions of quantity as:
The consumer demand curve is the graph of
Hence the graph ‘d’matches the provided term as its price decrease with the increase in quantity as shown below:
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