Sarah's demand curve for shoes has the same slope as Pete's; however, it lies to the right of Pete's. An increase in the price of shoes will cause
A) Sarah to incur a greater loss of consumer surplus than Pete will.
B) Pete to incur a greater loss of consumer surplus than Sarah will.
C) Sarah and Pete to incur the same loss of consumer surplus.
D) Sarah's demand curve to shift closer to Pete's.
Question 2
Suppose consumers of cigarettes can be classified into two groups: heavy users and light users. Heavy users purchase more cigarettes and are less sensitive to price changes relative to light users. To determine whether a heavy user suffers a greater loss of consumer surplus than a light user does when the price of cigarettes increases, one would need to know
A) each group's average income.
B) the actual quantities purchased by each.
C) each individual's price elasticity of demand.
D) no additional information.
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