Assume the following data describe the gasoline market (answer attached)
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Assume the following data describe the gasoline market:
Price per gallon | $1.00 | 1.25 | 1.50 | 1.75 | 2.00 | 2.25 | 2.50 |
Quantity Demanded | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
Quantity Supplied | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 |
a. What is the equilibrium price?
b. If the quantity supplied at every price is reduced by 5 gallons, what will the new equilibrium price be?
c. If the government freezes the price of gasoline at its initial price, how much of a surplus or shortage will exist when supply is reduced as described above?
d. Illustrate your answers on a graph.
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