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Suppose the price of a TV is $600 and that there are two consumers in the TV market. Joe is willing to pay $700, and Isaac is willing to pay $550. How much consumer surplus exists in this market?$100$75$50$150

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Suppose the price of a TV is 600andthattherearetwoconsumersintheTVmarket.Joeiswillingtopay600 and that there are two consumers in the TV market. Joe is willing to pay 700, and Isaac is willing to pay 550.Howmuchconsumersurplusexistsinthismarket?550. How much consumer surplus exists in this market?100757550$150

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Consumer surplus is the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay for a good or service and what they actually pay.

  1. For Joe, he is willing to pay 700fortheTV,butthepriceis700 for the TV, but the price is 600. So, his consumer surplus is 700700 - 600 = $100.

  2. For Isaac, he is willing to pay 550fortheTV,butthepriceis550 for the TV, but the price is 600. Since he is not willing to pay the market price, he does not buy the TV and his consumer surplus is $0.

  3. To find the total consumer surplus in the market, we add up the consumer surplus of each consumer. So, the total consumer surplus is 100+100 + 0 = $100.

So, the answer is $100.

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To find the consumer surplus given the demand function \( P = \frac{100}{Q + 2} \) and the market price \( P = 20 \), follow these steps: 1. **Find the quantity \( Q \) at the market price \( P = 20 \)**: \[ 20 = \frac{100}{Q + 2} \] Solve for \( Q \): \[ 20(Q + 2) = 100 \] \[ 20Q + 40 = 100 \] \[ 20Q = 60 \] \[ Q = 3 \] 2. **Set up the integral for consumer surplus**: Consumer surplus is the area between the demand curve and the market price, from \( Q = 0 \) to \( Q = 3 \): \[ \text{Consumer Surplus} = \int_0^3 \left( \frac{100}{Q + 2} - 20 \right) \, dQ \] 3. **Evaluate the integral**: \[ \int_0^3 \left( \frac{100}{Q + 2} - 20 \right) \, dQ = \int_0^3 \frac{100}{Q + 2} \, dQ - \int_0^3 20 \, dQ \] 4. **Find the antiderivatives**: \[ \int \frac{100}{Q + 2} \, dQ = 100 \ln|Q + 2| + C \] \[ \int 20 \, dQ = 20Q + C \] 5. **Apply the limits of integration**: \[ \left[ 100 \ln|Q + 2| \right]_0^3 - \left[ 20Q \right]_0^3 \] 6. **Evaluate the definite integrals**: \[ \left[ 100 \ln|Q + 2| \right]_0^3 = 100 \ln(5) - 100 \ln(2) \] \[ \left[ 20Q \right]_0^3 = 20(3) - 20(0) = 60 \] 7. **Combine the results**: \[ 100 \ln(5) - 100 \ln(2) - 60 \] \[ 100 (\ln(5) - \ln(2)) - 60 \] \[ 100 \ln\left(\frac{5}{2}\right) - 60 \] 8. **Calculate the numerical value**: \[ 100 \ln\left(\frac{5}{2}\right) - 60 \approx 100 \times 0.9163 - 60 \approx 91.63 - 60 \approx 31.63 \] So, the consumer surplus is approximately \( 31.6291 \). The correct answer is: - \( 31.6291 \)

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