You are the manager of Fun World, a small amusement park
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You are the manager of Fun World, a small amusement park

You are the manager of Fun World, a small amusement park. The accompanying diagram shows the demand curve of a typical customer at Fun World.

a. Suppose that the price of each ride is $5. At that price, how much consumer surplus does an individual consumer get? (Recall that the area of a right triangle is 1⁄2 × the height of the triangle × the base of the triangle.)

b. Suppose that Fun World considers charging an admission fee, even though it maintains the price of each ride at $5. What is the maximum admission fee it could charge? (Assume that all potential customers have enough money to pay the fee.)

c. Suppose that Fun World lowered the price of each ride to zero. How much consumer surplus does an individual consumer get? What is the maximum admission fee Fun World could charge?

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Accounts & FinanceConsumer surplus refers to the difference between consumer’s willingness to pay for goods and the precise price of the good. More often consumer surplus earns the seller more as the consumer pays more compared to the actual price of the commodity....

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