The figure below shows the supply curve for tennis balls, S 1, for Drop Volley tennis, a

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The figure below shows the supply curve for tennis balls,S1, for Drop Volley tennis, a producer of tennis equipment. Use the figure and the table below to give your answers to the following questions.


$3 5 10 15 Quantity supplied Price

a. Use the figure to fill in the quantity supplied on supply curve S1 for each price in the table below.

Change in s, Quantity S2 Quantity Supplied Quantity Price Price Supplied Supplied $3 2 1


b. If production costs were to increase, the quantities supplied at each price would be as shown by the third column of the table (€œS2 Quantity Supplied€). Use that data to draw supply curve S2 on the same graph as supply curve S1.

c. In the fourth column of the table, enter the amount by which the quantity supplied at each price changes due to the increase in product costs. (Use positive numbers for increases and negative numbers for decreases.)

d. Did the increase in production costs cause a €œdecrease in supply€ or a €œdecrease in quantity supplied€? 

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Microeconomics Principles, Problems and Policies

ISBN: 978-1259450242

20th edition

Authors: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn

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