A tax of $8 per unit is imposed on the supplier of an item. The original supply
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A tax of $8 per unit is imposed on the supplier of an item. The original supply curve is q = 0.5p − 25 and the demand curve is q = 165 − 0.5p, where p is price in dollars. Find the equilibrium price and quantity before and after the tax is imposed.
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Applied Calculus
ISBN: 9781119275565
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Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale
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