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Transcribed Image Text:Refer to Example 2.10, which analyzes the effects of price controls on natural gas. Recall that the free-market wholesale
price of natural gas (PG) is $6.40 per mcf (thousand cubic feet), the average price of crude oil (Po) is $50 per barrel, and
production and consumption of gas (Q) are 23 Tcf (trillion cubic feet).
Suppose the price elasticity of supply of natural gas is 0.20, the cross-price elasticity of supply of natural gas with respect to
the price of oil is 0.12, the price elasticity of demand for natural gas is -0.60, and the cross-price elasticity of demand for
natural gas with respect to the price of oil is 1.25.
If so, then the linear supply curve for natural gas is
OA. Q=1.346-1.638PG +0.055PO
B. Q=12.056+0.368PG -0.495PO-
O C. Q=16.296 +0.495P + 1.638Po
O D. Q=10.562 +1.066PG-0.327Po
O E. Q=15.648+0.719P+0.055Po
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