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Explain what happens to the quantity of chocolate demanded by consumers, if the price floor remains the same.

Explain what happens to the quantity of chocolate demanded by consumers, if the price floor remains the same.

Solution Summary: The author explains how the price floor in a market decreases the quantity of chocolate demanded by consumers, and how it increases in quantity supplied by producers.

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Definition Video Formula Definition Phenomenon in which market supply and demand balance each other. Market equilibrium is the economic state in which the market demand curve intersects the market supply curve, giving us the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity for which a commodity can be sold and purchased in an economy. When market equilibrium is achieved, it suggests that all resources have been allocated efficiently and that there is just a distribution of income and resources in the economy. Video Formula

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Explain what happens to the quantity of chocolate demanded by consumers, if the price floor remains the same.

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To determine

Explain what happens to the quantity of chocolate supplied by producers, if the price floor remains the same.

(c)

To determine

Explain what happens to the quantity of chocolate purchased by the government, if price floor remains the same.

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