4. Four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm suite watching old movies, and they are debating how many to watch. The table below contains their willingness to pay for each film. 1st film 2nd film 3rd film 4th film 5th film John $7 $6 $5 $4 $3 Paul $5 $4 $3 $2 $1 George ઝાઝાન કાર stihosta 01 130 ve 02hliew and a. Within the dorm room, is the showing of a movie a public good? Why or why not? twold don underd emali ubivos Ringou $2 $1 $0 d $0 $0 b. If it costs $8 to rent a movie, how many movies should the roommates rent in order to maximize total surplus? 20E07 JETUA 16 C. If they chose this optimal number of movies and split the cost evenly, how much surplus does each person receive from renting these movies?

4. Four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm suite watching old movies, and they are debating how many to watch. The table below contains their willingness to pay for each film. 1st film 2nd film 3rd film 4th film 5th film John $7 $6 $5 $4 $3 Paul $5 $4 $3 $2 $1 George ઝાઝાન કાર stihosta 01 130 ve 02hliew and a. Within the dorm room, is the showing of a movie a public good? Why or why not? twold don underd emali ubivos Ringou $2 $1 $0 d $0 $0 b. If it costs $8 to rent a movie, how many movies should the roommates rent in order to maximize total surplus? 20E07 JETUA 16 C. If they chose this optimal number of movies and split the cost evenly, how much surplus does each person receive from renting these movies?

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