Chapter 4, The Market Forces of Supply and Demand Video Solutions, Essentials of Economics

Problem 1

Explain each of the following statements using supply-and-demand diagrams.
a. -When a cold snap hits Florida, the price of orange juice rises in supermarkets throughout the country."
b. . When the weather turns warm in New England every summer, the price of hotel rooms in Caribbean resorts plummets."
c. "When a war breaks out in the Middle East, the price of gasoline rises and the price of a used Cadillac falls."

Oluwadamilola Ameobi

Numerade Educator

01:18

Problem 2

"An increase in the demand for notebooks raises the quantity of notebooks demanded but not the quantity supplied:" Is this statement true or false? Explain.

Kaylee Mcclellan

Numerade Educator

02:48

Problem 3

Consider the market for minivans. For each of the events listed here, identify which of the determinants of demand or supply are affected. Also indicate whether demand or supply increases
or decreases. Then draw a diagram to show the effect on the price and quantity of minivans.
a. People decide to have more children.
b. A strike by steelworkers raises steel prices.
c. Engineers develop new automated machinery for the production of minivans.
d. The price of sports utility vehicles rises.
e. A stock market crash lowers people's wealth.

Yi Chun Lin

Washington University in St Louis

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Problem 4

Consider the markets for film streaming services, TV screens, and tickets at movie theaters.
For each pair, identify whether they are complements or substitutes:
Film streaming and TV screens
Film streaming and movie tickets
TV screens and movie tickets
b. Suppose a technological advance reduces the cost of manufacturing TV screens. Draw a diagram to show what happens in the market for TV screens.
c. Draw two more diagrams to show how the change in the market for TV screens affects the
markets for film streaming and movie tickets.

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Numerade Educator

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Problem 5

Over the past 40 years, technological advances have reduced the cost of computer chips. How do you think this has affected the market for computers? For computer software? For typewriters?

Yi Chun Lin

Washington University in St Louis

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Problem 6

Using supply-and-demand diagrams, show the effects of the following events on the market for
sweatshirts.
a. A hurricane in South Carolina damages the cotton crop.
b. The price of leather jackets falls.
c. All colleges require morning exercise in appropriate attire.
d. New knitting machines are invented.

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Numerade Educator

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Problem 7

Ketchup is a complement (as well as a condiment) for hot dogs. If the price of hot dogs rises, what happens in the market for ketchup? For tomatoes? For tomato juice? For orange juice?

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Numerade Educator

03:30

Problem 8

The market for pizza has the following demand and supply schedules: a. Graph the demand and supply curves. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in this market?
b. If the actual price in this market were above the equilibrium price, what would drive the market toward the equilibrium?
c. If the actual price in this market were below the equilibrium price, what would drive the market toward the equilibrium?

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Problem 9

Consider the following events: Scientists reveal that eating oranges decreases the risk of diab= and at the same time, farmers use a new fertilizer that makes orange trees produce more ora Illustrate and explain what effect these changes have on the equilibrium price and quantity of oranges. Because bagels and cream cheese are often eaten together, they are complements.

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Numerade Educator

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Problem 10

Because bagels and cream cheese are often eaten together, they are complements.
a. We observe that both the equilibrium price of cream cheese and the equilibrium quantity of bagels have risen. What could be responsible for this pattern: a fall in the price of flour or a fall in the price of milk? Illustrate and explain your answer.
b. Suppose instead that the equilibrium price of cream cheese has risen but the equilibrium quantity of bagels has fallen. What could be responsible for this pattern: a rise in the price of flour or a rise in the price of milk? Illustrate and explain your answer.

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Problem 11

Suppose that the price of basketball tickets at your college is determined by market forces. Currently, the demand and supply schedules are as follows: a. Draw the demand and supply curves. What is unusual about this supply curve? Why might this be true?
b. What are the equilibrium price and quantity of tickets?
c. Your college plans to increase total enrollment next year by 5,000 students. The additional students will have the following demand schedule: Now add the old demand schedule and the demand schedule for the new students to calculate
the new demand schedule for the entire college. What will be the new equilibrium price and quantity?

Kaylee Mcclellan

Numerade Educator