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Melissa buys an iPod for $120 and gets consumer surplus of $80. a. What is her willingness to pay ?b. If she had bought the iPod on sale for $90, what would her consumer surplus have been?c. If the price of an iPod were $250, what would her consumer surplus have been? (3) *
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