AP Microeconomics 2.1: Demand
Understand how prices, incentives, constraints, and marginal benefit shape quantity demanded and distinguish a movement along demand from a shift.
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- AP Microeconomics
Understand how prices, incentives, constraints, and marginal benefit shape quantity demanded and distinguish a movement along demand from a shift.
In the local market for Good X, there are four individual buyers: Emily, Wu, Omar, and Fernanda. The quantities that each individual buyer would be willing and able to purchase at different prices are included in the table provided.

Could Emily's marginal benefit for the second unit of Good X equal $4.50 ? Explain.
State no and explain that Emily's marginal benefit should be greater than or equal to the price she is willing to pay ($7) for the second unit.