Consumer Surplus Is

question 378

Multiple Choice

Consumer surplus is

• A) the total difference between the total amount that consumers actually pay for an item and the total amount that they would have been willing to pay.
• B) the total difference between the total costs firms incur in producing an item and the utility consumers derive from purchasing the item.
• C) the total difference between the total amount that consumers would have been willing to pay for an item and the total amount that they actually pay.
• D) the total difference between the utility consumers derive from purchasing an item and the total costs firms incur in producing the item.

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Definitions:

Price Range

The spectrum of prices at which a particular good or service is sold, varying from the lowest to the highest amounts customers are asked to pay.

Inelastic Demand

A situation where the demand for a product does not significantly change in response to changes in its price.

Business Travel

The act of traveling for the purpose of conducting business-related activities.

Price Elasticity

Indicates the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price.