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Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
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Transcribed Image Text:The market supply of lettuce in a small town is shown in the table below.
Market Supply of Lettuce
Quantity of Lettuce
Supplied (heads)
Price
(dollars)
Initial
New
$3.00
260
2.50
220
2.00
180
1.50
140
1.00
100
0.50
60
Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.
a. Suppose there is a decrease in the cost of renting land that allows lettuce growers to produce 50 more heads of lettuce at each
price. Find the new quantities supplied at each price, and then complete the new supply schedule in the table.
b. At a price of $2.00 per head of lettuce, the original quantity supplied was
heads of lettuce.
heads of lettuce and the new quantity supplied is

Transcribed Image Text:Imagine that the market supply of peaches comes from Georgia (GA) and South Carolina (SC). The table below shows the quantity of
peaches supplied in each state at each price.
Individual and Market Supply of Peaches
Quantity of Peaches Supplied (pounds)
Price
(dollars
per pound)
GA
SC
Market
$10
24,000
16,000
8
20,000
13,000
6
16,000
10,000
4
12,000
7,000
2
8,000
4,000
Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number.
a. In the table, complete the column labeled "Market."
b. How many pounds of peaches will be supplied to the market when the price is $6 per pound?
pounds
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