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Scenario: The table below shows the reservation values of ten buyers and a seller for a loaf of bread. Each buyer would buy at most one loaf and the seller can make up to ten loaves. Initially trades happen under the market mechanism with each agent making a decision according to the market price and his or her own reservation value. Then the government imposes a price ceiling of $1.00 per unit.
Scenario: The table below shows the reservation values of ten buyers and a seller for a loaf of bread. Each buyer would buy at most one loaf and the seller can make up to ten loaves. Initially trades happen under the market mechanism with each agent making a decision according to the market price and his or her own reservation value. Then the government imposes a price ceiling of $1.00 per unit.    -Refer to the scenario above.What is the total surplus at the equilibrium before the price ceiling is imposed? A)  $13.60 B)  $12.00 C)  $11.40 D)  $9.75
-Refer to the scenario above.What is the total surplus at the equilibrium before the price ceiling is imposed?


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