The amount that a seller is paid for a good minus the seller’s actual cost is called:

a. producer surplus.
b. consumer surplus.
c. total surplus.
d. demand surplus.


a. producer surplus.

The amount that a seller is paid for a good minus the seller’s actual cost is called producer surplus.

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