Tim works for an ice-cream manufacturer. Tim's department handles the supplies of dairy, nuts, and sweeteners that go into the daily production. In addition, they make sure that the suppliers give them good quality products at an optimal price as the freshness of these products ensures the quality of the company's ice cream. Tim is most likely involved with:

Consumer surplus is: the difference between the price of a product and what consumers were willing to pay for the product. the difference between the discounted price of a product and its retail price. the difference between the price paid by consumers and the price required of producers. the difference between the price of a product and consumers' valuation of the last unit of the product purchased.

Cool beans is a locally owned coffee shop that competes with two large coffee chains, planeteuro and frothies. alicia, the owner, hired two students to count the number of customers that entered each of the coffee shops to estimate what percent of people who are interested in coffee are visiting each shop. after a week, the students found the following results: 589 visited cool beans, 839 visited planeteuro, and 1,290 visited frothies. the students were surprised that cool beans had 139 visits on monday which represented 59% of all people who visited one of the three coffee shops on mondays. how many people visited one of the three coffee shops during the week?

After much consideration, you have chosen cancun over ft. lauderdale as your spring break destination this year. however, spring break is still months away, and you may reverse this decision. which of the following events would prompt you to reverse this decision? a. the marginal cost of going to cancun decreases. b. the marginal cost of going to ft. lauderdale decreases. c. the marginal benefit of going to cancun increases. d. the marginal benefit of going to ft. lauderdale decreases.