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Surplus Calculation and Division for the 10th Car Transaction for Beautiful Cars

This example details the surplus distribution for the 10th car sold, as shown in the profit-maximization diagram. The total surplus for this transaction is the vertical distance between the demand curve (representing the consumer's willingness to pay of $36,000) and the marginal cost line ($14,400), resulting in a total surplus of $21,600. At the firm's profit-maximizing price of $27,200, this surplus is divided into a producer surplus of $12,800 ($27,200 - $14,400) and a consumer surplus of $8,800 ($36,000 - $27,200).

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