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John is looking to sell his car and Mary is looking to buy it. John values the car at $2000 and Mary values it at $3000. John offers to sell it to Mary at a price of $3500. Which of the following is true: Group of answer choices Mary will not accept the offer and the total surplus will be $1000. None of the options are correct Mary will accept the offer but the total surplus will be less than $1000 Mary will not accept the offer and the total surplus will be 0. Mary will accept the offer and the total surplus will be $1000

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John is looking to sell his car and Mary is looking to buy it. John values the car at 2000andMaryvaluesitat2000 and Mary values it at 3000. John offers to sell it to Mary at a price of $3500. Which of the following is true:

Group of answer choices

Mary will not accept the offer and the total surplus will be $1000.

None of the options are correct

Mary will accept the offer but the total surplus will be less than $1000

Mary will not accept the offer and the total surplus will be 0.

Mary will accept the offer and the total surplus will be $1000

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Mary will not accept the offer and the total surplus will be 0.

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