At $2.13 per bushel, the annual supply for corn in the Midwest is 8.9 billion bushels and

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At $2.13 per bushel, the annual supply for corn in the Midwest is 8.9 billion bushels and the annual demand is 6.5 billion bushels. When the price falls to $1.50 per bushel, the annual supply decreases to 8.2 billion bushels arid the annual demand increases to 7.4 billion bushels. Assume that the price-supply and price-demand equations are linear.
(A) Find the price-supply equation.
(B) Find the price-demand equation.
(C) Find the equilibrium price and quantity.
(D) Graph the two equations in the same coordinate sys tern and identify the equilibrium point, supply curve, and demand curve.
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College Mathematics for Business Economics Life Sciences and Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-0321614001

12th edition

Authors: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen

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