AP Microeconomics Mkt 4 A a Define Using Graphs As Appropriate Market Equilibrium Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus B Explain Using Graphs As Questions

Practise finding competitive-market equilibrium, interpreting willingness to pay, and calculating consumer, producer, and total surplus from graphs or schedules.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2022
Course
AP Microeconomics

Exam points

  • identify or draw the equilibrium price and quantity where market demand equals market supply
  • explain consumer surplus as willingness to pay minus the market price for units purchased
  • calculate or shade consumer surplus from a demand curve, triangle or discrete benefit schedule
  • calculate or shade producer surplus between the market price and the supply curve
  • calculate total economic surplus and explain why competitive equilibrium maximises CS plus PS

AP Microeconomics Mkt 4 A a Define Using Graphs As Appropriate Market Equilibrium Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus B Explain Using Graphs As Questions question 1

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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\mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{M}} and QM\mathrm{Q}_{\mathrm{M}}, respectively

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