2. The market for apartments in the town of Westville is currently in equilibrium, and consumers are renting 700 apartments at a price of $1,000 per apartment. (a) Assuming that the supply of apartments is perfectly inelastic, draw a correctly labeled graph for the apartment market and label the equilibrium price and quantity using the values above. (b) Now assume the government imposes a price (rent) ceiling of $800 for an apartment. On your graph in part (a), show the following. (1) The price ceiling at $800 (ii) The quantity demanded, labeled as Qa (iii) The quantity supplied, labeled as Q, (c) On your graph, shade completely the area representing the consumer surplus after the imposition of the price seiling,
2. The market for apartments in the town of Westville is currently in equilibrium, and consumers are renting 700 apartments at a price of $1,000 per apartment. (a) Assuming that the supply of apartments is perfectly inelastic, draw a correctly labeled graph for the apartment market and label the equilibrium price and quantity using the values above. (b) Now assume the government imposes a price (rent) ceiling of $800 for an apartment. On your graph in part (a), show the following. (1) The price ceiling at $800 (ii) The quantity demanded, labeled as Qa (iii) The quantity supplied, labeled as Q, (c) On your graph, shade completely the area representing the consumer surplus after the imposition of the price seiling,
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