Maine has a very old housing stock, with many poorly insulated homes, but poor people often cannot afford to pay for home weatherization. In order to make weatherization more affordable, someone suggests capping insulation prices at 25% less than current values. Assuming that the market is competitive and functions as modeled by mainstream economic theory, which of the following is most likely to be true? select best answer from following ():The lower price for insulation will shift the demand curve for insulation. ():This policy will increase consumer surplus by more than it reduces producer surplus. ():This policy would benefit the poor, since they would be the most likely to buy the cheaper insulation ():With a lower price for insulation, firms will provide less, and fewer people will insulate their homes. ():With insulation more affordable, more people will insulate their homes.

In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards healthier eating, and this has led to increased demand for brown bread. A 2022 survey by the Hartman Group found that 62% of consumers are trying to eat healthier, and 58% are looking for more whole grains in their diet. The following diagram illustrates the impact of an increase in demand for brown bread. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? P R12 R11 R10 0 S a) b) 900 1 000 1 100 1 200 1 300 Q Before the increase in demand, the equilibrium price is R10 and the equilibrium quantity is 900. Owing to an increase in demand, the demand curve shifts from D to D1. At a price of R10, after the increase in demand, the quantity demanded is 1 200 and the quantity supplied is 1 100. c) At a price of R10, after the increase in demand, there is an excess demand. d) A new equilibrium position is formed after the increase in demand at an equilibrium price of R12 and an equilibrium quantity of 1 100.

A friend of yours is considering two cell phone service providers. Provider A charges $120 per month for the service regardless of the number of phone calls made. Provider B does not have a fixed service fee but instead charges $1 per minute for calls. Your friend's monthly demand for minutes of calling is given by the equation Qp = 150 - 50P, where P is the price of a minute. With Provider A, the cost of an extra minute is With Provider B, the cost of an extra minute is S Given your friend's demand for minutes and the cost of an extra minute with each provider, if your friend used Provider A, he would talk for minutes, and if he used Provider B, he would talk for minutes. This means your friend would pay S for service with Provider A and S for service with Provider B. Use the following graph to draw your friend's demand curve for minutes. Then use the green triangle to help you answer the questions that follow. Note: Yo U will not be graded on an. changeS Vou mako to tha 喜G

Suppose a town is planning to construct a new public park. Based on some market research, they have determined that the town’s 50 residents can be divided into two types with respect to their benefit from this public good. 20 of the town’s residents are of Type 1 and the other 30 residents are of Type 2. Each resident's individual demand for acres of park space is given by: Type 1: QD = 20 – P  Type 2: QD = 40 – 2P   a. Solve for the aggregate demand of the towns 50 residents as a function of the number of acres. Be sure to write down equations for each section of the aggregate demand curve, as well as the interval of quantities each section spans.   b.  Graph the aggregate demand curve calculated in part a. Make sure to label both intercepts, slopes, and the intersection of the two sections.