Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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![Use the accompanying graph to answer these questions.
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sº
20
Price of X ($)
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Shortage:
1
2
3
Quantity of Good X
a. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO. If a price ceiling of $6 is imposed, what are
the resulting shortage and full economic price?
units
Producer surplus: $
O False
4
True
Full economic price: $
b. Suppose demand is D and supply is so. If a price floor of $12 is imposed, what is the
resulting surplus? What is the cost to the government of purchasing any and all unsold
units?
5
6
Surplus:
Cost to government: $
c. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO so that equilibrium price is $10. If an excise tax
of $6 is imposed on this product, what happens to the equilibrium price paid by
consumers? The price received by producers? The number of units sold?
Equilibrium price paid by consumers: $1
Price received by producers: $1
D
c. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO so that equilibrium price is $10. If an excise tax
of $6 is imposed on this product, what happens to the equilibrium price paid by
consumers? The price received by producers? The number of units sold?
Equilibrium price paid by consumers: $
Price received by producers: $
Number of units sold:
units
d. Calculate the level of consumer and producer surplus when demand and supply are
given by D and so respectively.
Consumer surplus: $
e. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO. True or False: A price ceiling of $2 would be
beneficial to consumers?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F66420785-c22f-4b65-b2f3-39a45f5ca4cc%2F2cb98ea9-f6e9-4588-a180-f421b27569a0%2Fhtm3ab_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Use the accompanying graph to answer these questions.
S¹
sº
20
Price of X ($)
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Shortage:
1
2
3
Quantity of Good X
a. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO. If a price ceiling of $6 is imposed, what are
the resulting shortage and full economic price?
units
Producer surplus: $
O False
4
True
Full economic price: $
b. Suppose demand is D and supply is so. If a price floor of $12 is imposed, what is the
resulting surplus? What is the cost to the government of purchasing any and all unsold
units?
5
6
Surplus:
Cost to government: $
c. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO so that equilibrium price is $10. If an excise tax
of $6 is imposed on this product, what happens to the equilibrium price paid by
consumers? The price received by producers? The number of units sold?
Equilibrium price paid by consumers: $1
Price received by producers: $1
D
c. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO so that equilibrium price is $10. If an excise tax
of $6 is imposed on this product, what happens to the equilibrium price paid by
consumers? The price received by producers? The number of units sold?
Equilibrium price paid by consumers: $
Price received by producers: $
Number of units sold:
units
d. Calculate the level of consumer and producer surplus when demand and supply are
given by D and so respectively.
Consumer surplus: $
e. Suppose demand is D and supply is SO. True or False: A price ceiling of $2 would be
beneficial to consumers?
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