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Chapter 4, Problem 24APA
Coal Production and Coal
US. coal production in 2016 is 17 percent down on that of 2015. Almost all coal use in the United States is for electricity generation and the price of coal for power plants fell from $2.27 per million Btu in 2015 to $2.17 per million Btu in 2016.
Source: Hellenic Shipping News, January 10, 2017
Calculate the price elasticity of supply of coal assuming no change in the supply of coal. Is the supply of coal elastic or inelastic?
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