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Price per Gallon 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.00 1.00 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Gallons of Gasoline per Week (000) Supply Demand A B C D E F

          Price per Gallon
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.00
1.00
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Gallons of Gasoline per Week (000)
Supply
Demand
A
B
C
D
E
F

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Principles of Economics

Gregory Mankiw 8th Edition

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09/07/2023

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b) At a price of $2 per gallon, there would be a shortage. To determine the shortage, we need to compare the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied at that price. From the figure, we can see that at a price of $2 per gallon, the quantity demanded is 100,000 Show more…

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Refer to the above figure. If government sets the maximum legal price of gasoline at $2 per gallon, a) Is the $2 limit acts as a price floor , price ceiling or an equilibrium price b) Refer to the above figure. At a price of $2 per gallon, is there a surplus or a shortage and by how many gallons c) Refer to the above figure. At a price of $2 per gallon, what is the quantity demanded of gasoline ? d) Refer to the above figure. If the government set a price floor of $3.50 per gallon, would there be an excess quantity supplied, or excess quantity demanded and by how many gallons?