If our consumer had to pay her full marginal willingness to pay for each video, her total expediture would be equal to her total utility, shown as the shaded area. The alternately colored segments represent the marginal willingness to pay for each video from one to 6. The total shaded area represents both total willingness to pay and total expenditure; nothing is left for consumer surplus.


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