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4. In order to reduce farm output, raise farm prices, and thus raise farm incomes (revenues), the government pays farmers to set aside a portion of their land from production. Using a graph, explain in terms of the elasticity of demand for farm products why farmers may be better-off when harvests are low even if we ignore the money they receive from the set-aside program.

The table below shows how supply and demand of gasoliine vary depending on the price: Demand (million of gal.) Price ($/gal) Supply (million of gal.) 1 787 483 1.2 700 550 1.4 640 600 1.6 580 623 1.85 531 660 2.2 450 680 2.4 430 700 2.6 420 720 2.8 390 735 2.9 357 765 Note: there is some randomization in the above data to account for price fluctuations. Make sure to check that you input the correct data in your device. Perform the following work • Assume that Supply has a quadratic relationship with the price. Find this relationship (the help buttons contain an article to compute trend-lines in Excel): S(p) = Round your answer to 3 decimal places • Assume that the Demand has a quadratic relationship with the price. Find this relationship (the help button links to an article to compute trend-lines in Excel): D(p) = Round your answer to 3 decimal places Use the trendlines to find the price corresponding to the equlibrium price between supply and demand: $ per gallon Round your answer to…

PRICE [Dolars per laptop) The following diagram shows supply and demand in the market for laptops. 150 Demand 135 120 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 Supply ° 1 0 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 QUANTITY (Millions of laptops) 315 350 Fill in the following blanks with integer values: The market price is The market quantity is The consumer surplus is 4200 The producer surplus is 4200 The total surplus is 8400 A price ceiling is imposed at $60. The market price is now There is now a (surplus/shortage/none) Is there deadweight loss (yes/no)? of what amount? How much if any? If a price floor is implemented at $65, would it be binding? (yes/no)

Question The demand curve for a product is given by QD = 475 - 25P and the supply curve for a product is given by QS = 15P - 45 %3D a) Illustrate the demand curve and the supply curve on the same graph. Label both axes. b) Calculate both the equilibrium price and quantity. c) Calculate the consumer surplus and the producer surplus. d) Identify consumer surplus and producer surplus on your graph. Label as CS and PS. e) Find the total willingness to pay for the equilibrium quantity and the total variable cost of supplying the equilibrium quantity. Identify these areas on your graph. please show work

Suppose that last year the equilibrium price and the quantity of good X were $10 and 5 million pounds. Because of strong demand this year, the equilibrium price and the quantity of good X are $12 and 7 million pounds, respectively. Assuming that the supply curve of good X is linear, what happened to producer surplus in the market? A B Producer surplus increased from $12.5 million to $49 million. Producer surplus increased from $12.5 million to $24.5 million. Producer surplus increased from $3 million to $7 million. Producer surplus increased from $4.2 million to $5.6 million. C D

Suppose that a $4 subsidy is given to consumers in this market, what is the new consumer surplus?

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The demand and supply schedule for coffee are:   Price ($ per cup) Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied $1 130 10 $2 110 20 $3 90 30 $4 70 40 $5 50 50 $6 30 60 $7 10 70 $8 0 80       a)     If there is no tax on coffee, what is the price and how much coffee is consumed b)    What is the consumer surplus? Show your calculations c)     What is the price elasticity of demand when the price goes up from $3 to $4 dollars? Is the demand for coffee elastic or inelastic? Explain.