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govermment imposes a price ceiling of $30.
a. How many toasters will be sold?
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b. What is consumer surplus with price ceiling?
c. What is producer surplus with price ceiling?
d. What is the total surplus with price ceiling?
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9. Toasters again! The demand and supply schedule for toasters, is given below.
a. Graph the supply and demand curves to scale and identify the areas that represent
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