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Suppose your own demand curve for sweaters slopes downward. Suppose also that, for the last sweater you bought this week, you paid a price exactly equal to your willingness to pay. Then

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A your consumer surplus on the last sweater you bought is zero.
B you already have bought too many sweaters this week.
C your consumer surplus on all of the sweaters you have bought this week is zero.
D you should buy more sweaters before the end of the week.

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Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Consumer surplus is the difference between the willingness to pay of a consumer and the price of the good.

Consumer surplus = willingness to pay – price of the good

If willingness to pay = price of the good , then consumer surplus is zero

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