AP Microeconomics 2.6: Market Equilibrium and Surplus
Find competitive equilibrium from supply and demand, then calculate consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total economic surplus.
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- Effective Fall 2025
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- AP Microeconomics
Find competitive equilibrium from supply and demand, then calculate consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total economic surplus.
Deskward is a typical profit-maximizing firm that produces and sells wooden desks in a
constant-cost, perfectly competitive market that is in long-run equilibrium.
Draw correctly labeled side-by-side graphs for the wooden desk market and for Deskward
and show each of the following.
The market equilibrium price and quantity, labeled PM and QM, respectively
\hline A & Draw a correctly labeled graph of the market for wooden desks with a downward- sloping demand (D) curve and an upward-sloping supply (S1) curve and label the market equilibrium price as PM and the market equilibrium quantity as QM. & 1 point \\ \hline Point 2 & Draw a correctly labeled graph for Deskward that shows the firm's horizontal demand and marginal revenue (d=MR) curve extended from the market equilibrium price (PM) and label the firm's price as PF.
& 1 point \\ \hline