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Suppose Gail is willing to pay $89 for a new pair of shoes and Karen is willing to pay $60. What is the gain in total consumer surplus if the price of the shoes falls from $70 to $50?Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press up/down arrow keys to select an answer.a$10b$19c$29d$30

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Suppose Gail is willing to pay 89foranewpairofshoesandKareniswillingtopay89 for a new pair of shoes and Karen is willing to pay 60. What is the gain in total consumer surplus if the price of the shoes falls from 70to70 to 50?Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press up/down arrow keys to select an answer.a10b10b19c29d29d30

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

  1. For Gail, at a price of 70,herconsumersurpluswas70, her consumer surplus was 89 (her willingness to pay) - 70(theprice)=70 (the price) = 19. When the price drops to 50,hernewconsumersurplusis50, her new consumer surplus is 89 - 50=50 = 39. So, her gain in consumer surplus is 3939 - 19 = $20.

  2. For Karen, at a price of 70,shewasnotwillingtobuytheshoesbecausethepricewashigherthanherwillingnesstopay(70, she was not willing to buy the shoes because the price was higher than her willingness to pay (60). So, her consumer surplus was 0.Whenthepricedropsto0. When the price drops to 50, her new consumer surplus is 6060 - 50 = 10.So,hergaininconsumersurplusis10. So, her gain in consumer surplus is 10 - 0=0 = 10.

  3. The total gain in consumer surplus is therefore 20(Gailsgain)+20 (Gail's gain) + 10 (Karen's gain) = $30.

So, the correct answer is d$30.

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