Suppose that Michelle buys a cappuccino from Paul's Cafe and Bakery for $4.25 . Michelle was willing to pay up to $7.75 for the
cappuccino and Paul's Cafe and Bakery was willing to accept $0.75 for the cappuccino. Based on this information, answer the questions.
(a) Michelle's consumer surplus: $ ____
(b) Paul's Cafe and Bakery's producer surplus: $ ____
(a) Michelle's consumer surplus: $ ____
(b) Paul's Cafe and Bakery's producer surplus: $ ____
1 answer:
Answer:
a. Michelle's consumer surplus: $3.5
b. Paul's Cafe and Bakery producer surplus: $3.5
Explanation:
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The consumer surplus is just the difference between the price payed and the price willed to pay by the consumer, in this case the price payed was $4.25 but Michelle was willing to pay up to $7.75 so we just substract this numbers
7.75 - 4.25 = 3.5
Same for the producer surplus which is the difference between the price the consumer pay and the price that the producer was willing to accept.
4.25 - 0.75 = 3.5
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Answer:
Option (B) is correct.
Explanation:
The utility maximization point for a consumer is as follows:
It is given that,
price of Pepsi(x) = $1 per can
price of a hamburger(y) = $2
Marginal utility from Pepsi = 4
Marginal utility from hamburgers = 6
Hence,
4 > 3
Therefore, it can be seen that the consumer's utility is not maximized at this point.
Law of diminishing marginal utility states that as the consumer consumes more and more quantity of goods then as a result the utility obtained from the consumption goes on diminishing.
So, there is a need to increase the quantity of Pepsi consumed and reducing the quantity of hamburgers consumed.