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I need help with this question. Please answer all parts. Thank you. Ireland is planning to build a "state of the art" highway from Galway to Newtown. University econometricians have determined that the aggregate demand for highway services between the two towns is represented by x = 100,000 - 20,000p, where x measures the number of cars and p the toll. The total cost of the highway is estimated at 300,000 dollars. Driving on the highway will be free. The prime minister has decided that the project will go ahead if the consumers' surplus covers at least the total costs (the underlying assumption he is making is that preferences are quasilinear over highway services and money spent on all other goods). (a) Will the highway be built? (b) Due to Newtown's promotion campaign "Come and See the City by the Sea," which would cost 10,000 dollars, demand would double to x = 200,000 - 40,000p. Would the project go ahead if the campaign is carried out? (c) The prime minister is considering introducing a toll on this new highway. If he does, the social welfare function that he would use for evaluating the viability of the project is the sum of consumers' surplus and Government profit, the latter defined as toll revenue minus total cost. How high could the toll be in order for the project to be viable?

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          I need help with this question. Please answer all parts. Thank you.

Ireland is planning to build a "state of the art" highway from Galway to Newtown. University econometricians have determined that the aggregate demand for highway services between the two towns is represented by x = 100,000 - 20,000p, where x measures the number of cars and p the toll. The total cost of the highway is estimated at 300,000 dollars. Driving on the highway will be free. The prime minister has decided that the project will go ahead if the consumers' surplus covers at least the total costs (the underlying assumption he is making is that preferences are quasilinear over highway services and money spent on all other goods).

(a) Will the highway be built?
(b) Due to Newtown's promotion campaign "Come and See the City by the Sea," which would cost 10,000 dollars, demand would double to x = 200,000 - 40,000p. Would the project go ahead if the campaign is carried out?
(c) The prime minister is considering introducing a toll on this new highway. If he does, the social welfare function that he would use for evaluating the viability of the project is the sum of consumers' surplus and Government profit, the latter defined as toll revenue minus total cost. How high could the toll be in order for the project to be viable?

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