Student makes the following argument: "When a market is in equilibrium, there is no consumer surplusLOADING We know this because in equilibrium, the market price is equal to the price consumers are willing to pay for the good." Briefly explain whether you agree with the student's argument. A. The student is incorrect because the price consumers are willing to pay and the market price are only equal for the last unit consumed. B. The student is correct because the highest price consumers are willing to pay and the lowest price firms are willing to accept are equal. C. The student is correct because the highest price consumers are willing to pay and the price consumers actually pay are equal. D. The student is incorrect because consumer surplus equals the price consumers are willing to pay for a good, which is a positive amount. E. The student is incorrect because the market price is greater than marginal cost.

Sean lives in dallas and runs a business that sells boats. in an average year, he receives $722,000 from selling boats. of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $422,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $268,000. he owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $2,000 in rent per year. assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. also, if sean does not operate this boat business, he can work as a paralegal, receive an annual salary of $21,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $2,000 per year rate. no other costs are incurred in running this boat business. identify each of sean's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling boats. implicit costexplicit costthe wages and utility bills that sean pays the rental income sean could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom the salary sean could earn if he worked as a paralegal the wholesale cost for the boats that sean pays the