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A-LevelEconomicsMarket EfficiencyOct/Nov 2021Paper 1 Q131 Mark

The diagram shows the market for smartphones in India. Rising incomes in India have seen a demand for this normal good shift from D₁ to D2. Which area now represents consumer surplus and which area now represents producer surplus?

Aconsumer surplus: FMH; producer surplus: HMK
Bconsumer surplus: FMH; producer surplus: OKMT
Cconsumer surplus: GNJ; producer surplus: HMNJ
Dconsumer surplus: GNJ; producer surplus: JNK

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) Oct/Nov 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Market Efficiency and is worth 1 mark.

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