1.4. Using the following diagram, identify and calculate total producer surplus if the price of oil is $50 per barrel. R ecall that for a triangle, Area = (1 /2) X Base X Height. (You never thought you'd use that equation unless you became an engineer, did you?)

Supply of oil

$60 40 20 5

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20 40 60 Quantity of oil

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