Consumer Surplus

question 158

Multiple Choice

Consumer surplus

• A) is the difference between total willingness to pay and the total amount actually paid.
• B) guarantees that the market value of a good in money is equal to the total economic value of the good.
• C) is always negative because of diminishing marginal utility.
• D) is the total area under a consumer's demand curve.

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