At market equilibrium, the total benefit that results from all the transactions is

A. the sum of the producer surplus and the consumer surplus.
B. the consumer surplus minus the producer surplus.
C. the entire area under the demand curve up to the quantity exchanged.
D. the producer surplus minus the consumer surplus.


Answer: A

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