Question 1 a. Draw a production possibilities curve for a hypothetical economy producing capital goods and consumer goods Illustrate economic growth and use (A) to represent an inefficient
Question 1 a. Draw a production possibilities curve for a hypothetical economy producing capital goods and consumer goods Illustrate economic growth and use (A) to represent an inefficient
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a. Draw a production possibilities curve for a hypothetical economy producing capital goods and
consumer goods Illustrate economic growth and use (A) to represent an inefficient
b. Explain the law of increasing opportunity cost.
c. Explain why scarcity forces individuals and society to incur opportunity costs. Give three (3)
specific examples.
Question 2
Market researchers have studied the market for orange juice, and their estimates for the supply
and the demand for orange juice per month are as follows:
Quantity demanded
Price per gallon ($)
250
Quantity Supplied
200
600
1
200
300
400
500
400
150
100
500
300
50
600
200
a. Using the above data, graph the demand for and the supply of orange juice. Identify the
equilibrium point as E, and use dotted lines to connect E to the equilibrium price on the price
axis and equilibrium quantity on the quantity axis.
b. Assume that the government decided to set a price ceiling of $100 per gallon.
i) Define price ceiling
ii) Explain three effects una inis legal maximum price will have on the supply of orange juice in
the market. (Draw a new hypothetical diagram to illustrate)
Question 3
a. Calculate the cross-price elasticity of demand for porridge oats and milk sold in a supermarket
if at the end of last period, the price of the porridge oats rose from $150 to $210 and the demand
for milk sold, moved from 200 units sold to 180 units. State whether you think these two goods
are complements or substitutes.
b. Consider the case where the manager of KFC finds that the number of two-piece meals
consumed per week fell from 1200 to 1000 boxes when the price of its meals was increased from
$400 to $520.
i) Calculate the price elasticity of demand. Show your calculations.
ii) If the KFC manager wishes to raise revenue, what is the appropriate action to take? (4 marks)
c. Given that the demand function for banana chips may be written Qd-200-3p, where p is the
price for banana chips, and the supply may be written as Qs=30+2p. Determine the equilibrium
price and quantity
Question 4
a. Describe five (5) factors that influence the market demand for a product such as personal
computers.
b. Explain three (3) characteristics of the planned economy. Give one example for each.
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Transcribed Image Text:Question 1
a. Draw a production possibilities curve for a hypothetical economy producing capital goods and
consumer goods Illustrate economic growth and use (A) to represent an inefficient
b. Explain the law of increasing opportunity cost.
c. Explain why scarcity forces individuals and society to incur opportunity costs. Give three (3)
specific examples.
Question 2
Market researchers have studied the market for orange juice, and their estimates for the supply
and the demand for orange juice per month are as follows:
Quantity demanded
Price per gallon ($)
250
Quantity Supplied
200
600
1
200
300
400
500
400
150
100
500
300
50
600
200
a. Using the above data, graph the demand for and the supply of orange juice. Identify the
equilibrium point as E, and use dotted lines to connect E to the equilibrium price on the price
axis and equilibrium quantity on the quantity axis.
b. Assume that the government decided to set a price ceiling of $100 per gallon.
i) Define price ceiling
ii) Explain three effects una inis legal maximum price will have on the supply of orange juice in
the market. (Draw a new hypothetical diagram to illustrate)
Question 3
a. Calculate the cross-price elasticity of demand for porridge oats and milk sold in a supermarket
if at the end of last period, the price of the porridge oats rose from $150 to $210 and the demand
for milk sold, moved from 200 units sold to 180 units. State whether you think these two goods
are complements or substitutes.
b. Consider the case where the manager of KFC finds that the number of two-piece meals
consumed per week fell from 1200 to 1000 boxes when the price of its meals was increased from
$400 to $520.
i) Calculate the price elasticity of demand. Show your calculations.
ii) If the KFC manager wishes to raise revenue, what is the appropriate action to take? (4 marks)
c. Given that the demand function for banana chips may be written Qd-200-3p, where p is the
price for banana chips, and the supply may be written as Qs=30+2p. Determine the equilibrium
price and quantity
Question 4
a. Describe five (5) factors that influence the market demand for a product such as personal
computers.
b. Explain three (3) characteristics of the planned economy. Give one example for each.
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