Given a demand curve, explain how total revenue may be calculated.

What will be an ideal response?


A demand curve consists of the prices and corresponding quantities demanded at those prices. Total revenue is price times quantity demanded. Therefore, total revenue is the area of a rectangle formed under the demand curve by the choice of any price-quantity combination.

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