Suppose the market for banana bread is perfectly competitive, so sellers take the market price as given. Dmitri manages a restaurant that offers banana bread for sale. The following graph plots Dmitri's weekly supply curve (orange line). Point A represents a point along his supply curve. The price of banana bread is $2.25 per slice, which is given by the black horizontal line.
Suppose the market for banana bread is perfectly competitive, so sellers take the market price as given. Dmitri manages a restaurant that offers banana bread for sale. The following graph plots Dmitri's weekly supply curve (orange line). Point A represents a point along his supply curve. The price of banana bread is $2.25 per slice, which is given by the black horizontal line.
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose the market for banana bread is perfectly competitive, so sellers take the market price as given. Dmitri manages a restaurant that offers
banana bread for sale. The following graph plots Dmitri's weekly supply curve (orange line). Point A represents a point along his supply curve. The
price of banana bread is $2.25 per slice, which is given by the black horizontal line.
lice)
PRICE (Dollars pe
9.00
8.25
7.50 +
6.75 +
6.00
5.25
4.50 +
3.75
3.00
2.25
1.50
0.75
0
0
Price
Supply
2
Dmitri's Weekly Supply
A
+
8
4 6
10 12 14 16 18
QUANTITY (Slices of banana bread)
20 22
24
(?)
Using the previous graph, you can determine that Dmitri is willing to supply his 6th weekly slice of banana bread for $
$2.25 per slice, the producer surplus earned from supplying the 6th slice of banana bread is $
Since he receives
Suppose the price of banana bread were to rise to $3.00 per slice. At this higher price, Dmitri would receive a producer surplus of $
the 6th slice of banana bread he sells.
from

Transcribed Image Text:The following graph plots the weekly market supply curve (orange line) for banana bread in a hypothetical small economy.
Use the purple point (diamond symbol) to shade the area representing producer surplus (PS) when the price (P) of banana bread is $2.25 per slice.
Then, use the green point (triangle symbol) to shade the area representing additional producer surplus when the price rises to $3.00 per slice.
(?)
PRICE (Dollars per slice)
9.00
8.25
7.50
6.75 +
6.00
5.25
4.50
3.75
3.00
2.25
1.50
0.75
H
0
+
0
P=$3.00
P=$2.25
Small Economy's Weekly Supply
Supply
24 48 72 98 120 144 168 192 216 240 284 288
QUANTITY (Thousands of slices of banana bread)
>
Initial PS (P=$2.25)
A
Additional PS (P=$3.00)
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