Question: Question B2 The demand and supply equations for cookery lessons at Wayne's Excellent Cookery School are represented by the following equations, with P representing

Question B2 The demand and supply equations for cookery lessons at Wayne's   

Question B2 The demand and supply equations for cookery lessons at Wayne's Excellent Cookery School are represented by the following equations, with P representing the price of lessons () and Q representing cookery lessons: P = 1602QD P = 10 + 3Qs a. Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity of cookery lessons. [2 marks] [2 marks] b. Calculate the consumer and producer surplus at this point. c. Show the equilibrium graphically, identifying consumer and producer surplus. [3 marks] d. If a tax is placed on supply of 15 per lesson, calculate the effect that that will have on price, quantity, consumer and producer surplus and deadweight loss. [4 marks] e. Show this on your diagram or construct a new diagram showing this, clearly identifying the incidence of the tax on the consumer and the area corresponding to deadweight loss. [5 marks]

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