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Consider a product whose demand function is D(q) = 900 − 20q − q2 (in dollars) and whose supply function is S(q) = q2 + 10q (in dollars) for producing q items.
(a) Find the consumers’ surplus.
(b) Find the suppliers’ surplus.
a)
we have
At equilibrium
production never negative,
the price,
the equilibrium (p0, x0) = (375, 15)
the formula for the consumer surplus,
put p0 = 375 and x0 = 15,
b)
the formula for the producers surplus,
put p0 = 375 and x0 = 15,