Suppose the market for sourdough is perfectly competitive, so sellers take the market price as given. Darnell manages a restaurant that offers sourdough for sale. The following graph plots Darnell's weekly supply curve (orange line). Point A represents a point along his supply curve. The price of sourdough is $2.25 per slice, which is given by the black horizontal line. 9.00 0.25 7.50 6.75 86.00 3.75 225 1.50 0.75 0 0 Price Supply + + 2 4 Darnell's Weekly Supply xx A 610 12 14 16 18 QUANTITY (Slices of sourdough) ▬▬▬▬ 20 22 24 (?) Using the previous graph, you can determine that Darnell is willing to supply his 6th weekly slice of sourdough for S $2.25 per slice, the producer surplus earned from supplying the 6th slice of sourdough is 5. Since he receives image 1

Suppose the market for sourdough is perfectly competitive, so sellers take the market price as given. Darnell manages a restaurant that offers sourdough for sale. The following graph plots Darnell's weekly supply curve (orange line). Point A represents a point along his supply curve. The price of sourdough is $2.25 per slice, which is given by the black horizontal line. 9.00 0.25 7.50 6.75 86.00 3.75 225 1.50 0.75 0 0 Price Supply + + 2 4 Darnell's Weekly Supply xx A 610 12 14 16 18 QUANTITY (Slices of sourdough) ▬▬▬▬ 20 22 24 (?) Using the previous graph, you can determine that Darnell is willing to supply his 6th weekly slice of sourdough for S $2.25 per slice, the producer surplus earned from supplying the 6th slice of sourdough is 5. Since he receives image 1

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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