Consumers' and Producers' Surplus  The management of the Titan Tire Company has determined that the quantity demanded x of their Super Titan tires/week is related to the unit price p by the relation p = 160 − x2 where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in units of a thousand. Titan will make x units of the tires available in the market if the unit price is p = 64 + 1/2x^2 dollars. Determine the consumers' surplus and the producers' surplus when the market unit price is set at the equilibrium price. (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)   consumer's surplus$  producer's surplus$

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Consumers' and Producers' Surplus

 The management of the Titan Tire Company has determined that the quantity demanded x of their Super Titan tires/week is related to the unit price p by the relation
p = 160 − x2
where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in units of a thousand. Titan will make x units of the tires available in the market if the unit price is
p = 64 + 1/2x^2
dollars. Determine the consumers' surplus and the producers' surplus when the market unit price is set at the equilibrium price. (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
 
consumer's surplus$ 
producer's surplus$ 
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