a)What was the quantity sold locally per year after tariff ? Please give your answers in two decimal places. b)What is the quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela in a month on average after the imposition of the aforementioned tariff? Please give your answers in two decimal places. c)What is the percentage change in the quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela per year after the imposition of the aforementioned tariff compared to free trade?
a)What was the quantity sold locally per year after tariff ? Please give your answers in two decimal places. b)What is the quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela in a month on average after the imposition of the aforementioned tariff? Please give your answers in two decimal places. c)What is the percentage change in the quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela per year after the imposition of the aforementioned tariff compared to free trade?
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![Let us consider the case of Venezuela. A tariff
is imposed on imported clothes in Venezuela.
In the presence of free trade, the quantity of
clothes produced locally in Venezuela was
15540 per year. After the imposition of tariff, the
quantity of clothes produced locally in
Venezuela increased by two-fifth (2/5) or 40%
compared to the estimate of the previous
sentence when there was free trade. The
quantity of clothes bought locally in Venezuela
was 34472 per year before tariff. The quantity
of clothes bought locally in Venezuela
decreased by 33% in the presence of tariffs
compared to what it was during free trade.
a)What was the quantity sold locally per
year after tariff ?
Please give your answers in two decimal
places.
b)What is the quantity of clothes imported
in Venezuela in a month on average after
the imposition of the aforementioned tariff?
Please give your answers in two decimal
places.
c)What is the percentage change in the
quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela
per year after the imposition of the
aforementioned tariff compared to free
trade?
Please give your answers in absolute value
without percentage sign and in two decimal
places. If your answer is -56.3452% write
56.35](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff6300abe-9462-401d-a1ec-1be24df95454%2F17a571bd-bd46-4d01-a3fa-4e0621bb078e%2Fx89wcbp_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Let us consider the case of Venezuela. A tariff
is imposed on imported clothes in Venezuela.
In the presence of free trade, the quantity of
clothes produced locally in Venezuela was
15540 per year. After the imposition of tariff, the
quantity of clothes produced locally in
Venezuela increased by two-fifth (2/5) or 40%
compared to the estimate of the previous
sentence when there was free trade. The
quantity of clothes bought locally in Venezuela
was 34472 per year before tariff. The quantity
of clothes bought locally in Venezuela
decreased by 33% in the presence of tariffs
compared to what it was during free trade.
a)What was the quantity sold locally per
year after tariff ?
Please give your answers in two decimal
places.
b)What is the quantity of clothes imported
in Venezuela in a month on average after
the imposition of the aforementioned tariff?
Please give your answers in two decimal
places.
c)What is the percentage change in the
quantity of clothes imported in Venezuela
per year after the imposition of the
aforementioned tariff compared to free
trade?
Please give your answers in absolute value
without percentage sign and in two decimal
places. If your answer is -56.3452% write
56.35
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