Price (Dollars per case) Quantity Supplied (Cases of water) Aqueduct Springs Basin Mountain Cascade Waters Drop Good  0.00 0 0 0 0 2.00 100 40 60 100 4.00 200 80 120 200 6.00 300 120 180 300   13. Refer to Table 4-5. If the four suppliers listed are the only suppliers in this market and the market quantity demanded is 390 cases when the price is $2.00, which of the following statements is correct?   a.  There is a shortage of 90 cases at a price of $2.00.   b.  The market is in equilibrium at a price of $2.00.   c.  There is a surplus of 90 cases at a price of $2.00.   d.  There is a surplus of 80 cases at a price of $2.00.

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Table 4-5

 

Price

(Dollars per case)

Quantity Supplied

(Cases of water)

Aqueduct Springs

Basin Mountain

Cascade Waters

Drop Good

 0.00

0

0

0

0

2.00

100

40

60

100

4.00

200

80

120

200

6.00

300

120

180

300

 

13. Refer to Table 4-5. If the four suppliers listed are the only suppliers in this market and the market quantity demanded is 390 cases when the price is $2.00, which of the following statements is correct?

 

a. 

There is a shortage of 90 cases at a price of $2.00.

 

b. 

The market is in equilibrium at a price of $2.00.

 

c. 

There is a surplus of 90 cases at a price of $2.00.

 

d. 

There is a surplus of 80 cases at a price of $2.00.

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At equilibrium, demand curve intersects the supply curve. Any point below the equilibrium, there exists a shortage. Any point above equilibrium, there exists a surplus. 

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