Completion requirements
Watch this video, which explains consumer surplus using a graph to help
you grasp the concept and the calculation. Complete the practice
questions to make sure you understand the calculation.
Practice Questions
- You are willing to pay $200 for a daylong admission ticket to a theme park. The cost of the ticket is $120. Your consumer surplus is: *
- $0
- $80
- $120
- $320
- A limited edition package is sold only to 200 customers for $130 each. The average value of the package for the 200 customers is $280. What is the total consumer surplus? *
- $150
- $15,000
- $30,000
- $150,000
- What should we expect to happen if the consumer surplus of a trade is negative? *
- The consumer gains no value from the trade.
- The consumer loses value from the trade.
- The consumer's gain from trade is the absolute value of the consumer surplus.
- The trade does not happen.