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 60. What is the gain in total consumer surplus if the price of the shoes falls from 50?Selected answer will be automatically saved. For keyboard navigation, press up/down arrow keys to select an answer.a19c30
Solution
Consumer surplus is the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay and what they actually pay.
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For Gail, at a price of 89 (her willingness to pay) - 19. When the price drops to 89 - 39. So, her gain in consumer surplus is 19 = $20.
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For Karen, at a price of 60). So, her consumer surplus was 50, her new consumer surplus is 50 = 10 - 10.
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The total gain in consumer surplus is therefore 10 (Karen's gain) = $30.
So, the correct answer is d$30.
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