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Unit F
Unit F
PPink
PPink
1 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
PPink
1 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
PPink
This is how
much Ronny
is willing to
pay for one
kilo of Pink
Lady apples.
1 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
PPink
This is how
much Ronny
is willing to
pay for the
second kilo
of Pink Lady
apples.
1 kg 2 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
4 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
1st kg 4 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
This is how
Suppose that the price of a kilo of
much Ronny PPink
Pink Lady apples is 5.
was willing to
pay for the first Can we measure how happy
kilo.
Ronny is with this situation?
This is how
much Ronny
actually pays 1st kg 4 kg
for the first Kilos of Pink Lady
kilo. apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
1st kg 4 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
Demand Curves, Another Way to
Look at Them…
Ronny’s
consumer
surplus from
consuming four
kilos of Pink 4 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
Lady apples at apples demanded
the price of 5.
What about the demand curve for Pink Lady
apples in the UK?
PPink
1 kg
Kilos of Pink Lady
apples demanded
From Individual Demand to
Market Demand
Ronny’s Debra’s
Neeve’s
demand demand
demand
+ + + …=
Consumer Surplus in the Market Demand
5
Consumer Surplus in the Market Demand
=
Consumer Surplus in the Market Demand
=
What Does the Demand Curve Tell Us About Consumer
Welfare?
The End