When Efficiency Is Attained,the Consumer Surplus

question 19

Multiple Choice

When efficiency is attained,the consumer surplus

• A) must be larger than the producer surplus.
• B) must be smaller than the producer surplus.
• C) must equal the producer surplus.
• D) can be either smaller than or larger than but cannot equal the producer surplus.
• E) can be smaller than, equal to, or larger than the producer surplus.

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