Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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ISBN: 9781285741550
Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Section 6.4, Question 008
For a product, the demand curve is p = 100e-00084 and the supply curve is p = 4vg + 10 for 0sqs 500 , where 4 is quantity and P is price in dollars per unit.
(a) At a price of $58 , what quantity are consumers willing to buy and what quantity are producers willing to supply? Will the market push prices up or down?
Round your answers to the nearest integer.
Consumers are willing to buy
units.
Producers are willing to supply
units.
The market will push prices
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(b) Find the equilibrium price and quantity. Does your answer to part (a) support the observation that market forces tend to push prices closer to the equilibrium price?
Round your answers to the nearest integer.
p =
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(c) At the equilibrium price, calculate and interpret the consumer and producer surplus.
Round your answers to the nearest integer.
Consumer surplus
Producer surplus
Consumers
$
by buying goods at the equilibrium price instead of the price they would have been willing to pay.
Producers
$
by supplying goods at the equilibrium price instead of the price at which they would have been willing to provide the goods
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Transcribed Image Text:Chapter 6, Section 6.4, Question 008 For a product, the demand curve is p = 100e-00084 and the supply curve is p = 4vg + 10 for 0sqs 500 , where 4 is quantity and P is price in dollars per unit. (a) At a price of $58 , what quantity are consumers willing to buy and what quantity are producers willing to supply? Will the market push prices up or down? Round your answers to the nearest integer. Consumers are willing to buy units. Producers are willing to supply units. The market will push prices SHOW HINT LINK TO TEXT (b) Find the equilibrium price and quantity. Does your answer to part (a) support the observation that market forces tend to push prices closer to the equilibrium price? Round your answers to the nearest integer. p = SHOW HINT LINK TO TEXT (c) At the equilibrium price, calculate and interpret the consumer and producer surplus. Round your answers to the nearest integer. Consumer surplus Producer surplus Consumers $ by buying goods at the equilibrium price instead of the price they would have been willing to pay. Producers $ by supplying goods at the equilibrium price instead of the price at which they would have been willing to provide the goods
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