Consider the information given in the following table on four consumers in the market for premium bottled

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Consider the information given in the following table on four consumers in the market for premium bottled water.

a. If the price of a bottle of premium bottled water is $1.50, what is the total consumer surplus received by these consumers? Illustrate your answer with a graph.
b. Suppose the price of premium bottled water rises to $2.50. Now what is the consumer surplus received by these consumers? Illustrate your answer by using the graph you prepared in part (a).

Consumer Jill Jose Josh Jordan Highest Price Willing to Pay $4 3 2 1

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780135801741

8th Edition

Authors: Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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