Use the table below to answer part a and b. Buyer Willingness to Pay Lori $50.00 Audrey $30.00 Zach $20.00 Calvin $10.00 a) If the price of the product is $15, then who would be willing to purchase the product? b) If the price of the product is $18, then the total consumer surplus is _____ c) Chad is willing to pay $5.00 to get his first cup of morning latté; he is willing to pay $4.50 for a second cup. He buys his first cup from a vendor selling latté for $3.75 per cup. He returns to that vendor later in the morning to find that the vendor has increased her price to $3.90 per cup. Chad buys a second cup. His consumer surplus is ____ d) Ronnie operates a lawn-care service. On each day, the cost of mowing the first lawn is $10, the cost of mowing the second lawn is $12, and the cost of mowing the third lawn is $15. His producer surplus on the first three lawns of the day is $53. If Ronnie charges all customers the same price for lawn mowing, that price is ______
Use the table below to answer part a and b.
|
Buyer |
Willingness to Pay |
|
Lori |
$50.00 |
|
Audrey |
$30.00 |
|
Zach |
$20.00 |
|
Calvin |
$10.00 |
a) If the
b) If the price of the product is $18, then the total
c) Chad is willing to pay $5.00 to get his first cup of morning latté; he is willing to pay $4.50 for a second cup. He buys his first cup from a vendor selling latté for $3.75 per cup. He returns to that vendor later in the morning to find that the vendor has increased her price to $3.90 per cup. Chad buys a second cup. His consumer surplus is ____
d) Ronnie operates a lawn-care service. On each day, the cost of mowing the first lawn is $10, the cost of mowing the second lawn is $12, and the cost of mowing the third lawn is $15. His
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