Suppose Manuel is the only seller in the market for bottled water and Hubert is the only buyer. The following lists show the value Hubert places on a bottle of water and the cost Manuel incurs to produce each bottle of water:
Hubert's Value Manuel's Costs
Value of first bottle: $10 Cost of first bottle: $1
Value of second bottle: $7 Cost of second bottle: $3
Value of third bottle: $3 Cost of third bottle: $7
Value of fourth bottle: $1 Cost of fourth bottle: $10
The following table shows their respective supply and demand schedules:
Price Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied
$1 or less 4 0
$1 to $3 3 1
$3 to $7 2 2
$7 to $10 1 3
More than $10 0 4
Use Raphae's supply schedule and Larry's demand schedule to find the quantity supplied and quantity demanded at prices of $2, $5, and $8.
A price of____brings supply and demand into equilibrium.
At the equilibrium price, consumer surplus is_____producer surplus is_____, and total surp is_____.
If Raphael produced and Larry consumed one less bottle of water, total surplus would_____.
if instead, Raphael produced and Larry consumed one additional bottle of water, total surplus would_____.