Microeconomics (7th Edition)
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Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.3.10PA
Sub part (a)
To determine
What must be true about the price
Sub part (b)
To determine
What would happen when the
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