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ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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Referring to the graph above, if the price of the property increases (all other things being equal): • a) None of these statements. • b) the consumer's surplus would increase. • c) the total surplus would increase. • d) the consumer's surplus would decrease.

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Step 1: Introduction to consumer surplus

Consumer surplus is the benefit consumers get from purchasing a product at a price lower than what they are willing to pay. It's represented graphically as the area between the demand curve and the price consumers actually pay. In simple terms, it's the difference between what consumers are willing to pay and what they actually pay for a product.

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