aWanda sold her mother’s dining set to Mattie for $250. Later, Mattie told LaWanda that she would have paid her $300. What is the term for the fifty-dollar difference between what Mattie paid and what she was willing to pay?

a. market equilibrium
b. consumer surplus
c. producer surplus
d. market subsidy

b. consumer surplus

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What is the difference between buying stocks and buying bonds?

A) The future growth of a stock is more uncertain than the payments of a bond. B) Differences of opinion about a stock's future may vary considerably but there is less difference about a bond's future. C) A stock can possibly pay dividends forever, but bonds have a fixed number of payments. D) All of these are differences between stocks and bonds.

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