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Chapter 4, Problem 33P
What happens to the price and the quantity bought and sold in the cocoa market if counties producing cocoa experience a drought and a new study is released demonstrating the health benefits of cocoa? Illustrate your answer with a
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture guarantees dairy producers that they will receive at least $1.00 per pound for butter they supply to
the market. Below is the current monthly demand and supply schedules for wholesale butter (in millions of pounds per month).
Market for Wholesale Butter
Price (dollars
per pound)
$0.80
0.90
1.00
1.10
1.20
1.30
1.40
1.50
1.60
1.70
1.80
Quantity of Quantity of
Butter
Butter
Demanded
Supplied
(nillions of (millions of
pounds)
109
106
103
100
97
94
91
88
85
82
B
79
pounds)
65
73
81
89
97
105
22 million pounds
79 million pounds
113
121
129
137
145
Instructions: Round your answer for price to two decimal places. Enter your answers for quantity as a whole number.
a. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in the wholesale butter market?
P = $
Q=
million pounds
b. What is the monthly surplus created in the wholesale butter market due to the price support (price floor) program?
zero
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The demand for onions is very inelastic. Draw a supply/demand diagram that shows how the equilibrium price and quantity will change when a drought reduces supply. Label the axes and the prices and quantities both before and after the supply change. Then, write a few sentences explaining what happened to prices relative to quantities and why.
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