The following graph shows the market for apples. Assume that the government has imposed a price floor

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The following graph shows the market for apples. Assume that the government has imposed a price floor of $10 per crate.
Price (dollars per crate) Supply $10 Demand Quantity (millions of crates per year) 28 30 34

a. How many crates of apples will be sold to consumers after the price floor has been imposed?
b. Will there be a shortage or a surplus of apples? If there is a shortage or a surplus, how large will it be?
c. Will apple producers benefit from the price floor? If so, explain how they will benefit.

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Economics

ISBN: 978-0134106243

6th edition

Authors: R. Glenn Hubbard

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