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Chapter5: Price Elasticity Of Demand And Supply
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Transcribed Image Text:Figure 8-5
Suppose that the government imposes a tax of P3 - P1.
Price
P4
Supply
A
P3
В
P2
D
H.
P1
F
G
Demand
Q2
Q1
Quantity
Refer to Figure 8-5. Producer surplus before the tax was levied is represented by area
А.
A+B+C.
D+H+F.
F.
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Producer surplus is the aggregate sum that a producer surplus from producing and selling an amount of a decent at the market cost. The complete income that a maker gets from selling their merchandise less the all out cost of creation rises to the maker surplus.
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