$16 $13.50 $11 Price (dollars) 56 7½ Output D Marginal Cost Marginal Revenue Lost consumer value through excess of price over marginal cost MR = MC $16.00 5 Output 5: price $16.00, marginal cost $11.00. Every unit from 5 to 7½ is worth more to buyers than itcosts to make; the hatched band is consumer value lostthrough the excess of price over marginal cost. Economistscall this triangle the deadweight loss.

Drag the output handle along the axis (or focus it and use the arrow keys; Home/End jump to the ends). It snaps at 5 and 7½.