Next find the point where the 2 curves intersect and draw a horizontal line from that point to the y axis.
How to calculate total surplus with price floor.
Price floor calculating producer surplus.
Description of how price floors operate in a competitive market and the effects on consumer surplus producer surplus and social surplus using supply and dem.
P 2 1 2727qs inverse demand.
Qs 1 5714 0 7857p demand.
Qd 19 6154 1 1538p rewriting.
Then plot the supply and demand curves for the good or service on the graph.
Consumer surplus maximum price willing to pay actual price now the consumer surplus formula is extended for the market as a whole i e.
To calculate consumer surplus start by making an x y graph where the y axis is the price of the good or service and the x axis is the quantity.
Total surplus with a binding price floor 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 p q price floor b b b b b b b a b c e d f g price floor.
The key point to remember is that total surplus is the sum of producer an.
Extended consumer surplus formula.
P 17 0 8667qd equilibrium without price ceiling.
Q 7 0113 p 10 9235.
It 4 times 4 at six 2 is equal to 4 so producer surplus becomes 1 2 times four times for 16 and this equates to a so producer surplus is 8.
Hence total surplus is the willingness to pay price less the economic cost.
δp pmax pd.
So it becomes total benefit is 40 plus 8 is equal 48 and this is after pricing total benefit before super 54 total benefit after price ceiling is 48 so the deadweight loss 6.
This video goes over the process of calculating total surplus with a few examples.
Consumer surplus plus producer surplus equals total surplus.
Pmax price the buyer is willing to pay.
Pd price at equilibrium where demand and supply are equal.