The following Table refers to four buyers’ willingness to pay for papadums. Each buyer is willing to buy at most one papadum and no more Let the competitive market price be $4.00: calculate the total consumer surplus in the market at this price

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The following Table refers to four buyers’ willingness to pay for papadums. Each buyer is willing to buy at most one papadum and no more

Let the competitive market price be $4.00: calculate the total consumer surplus in the market at this price 

Table 1
Willingness to pay (S) for one
papadum
17.00
Buyer
Lincoln
Jefferson
15.00
Franklin
9.00
Washington
3.00
Transcribed Image Text:Table 1 Willingness to pay (S) for one papadum 17.00 Buyer Lincoln Jefferson 15.00 Franklin 9.00 Washington 3.00
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