Question

The U.S. Department of Agriculture guarantees dairy producers that they will receive at least $1.00 per pound for butter they supply to the market. Below is the current monthly demand and supply schedules for wholesale butter (in millions of pounds per month). Market for Wholesale Butter Price (dollars per pound) Quantity of Butter Demanded (millions of pounds) Quantity of Butter Supplied (millions of pounds) $0.80 107 63 0.90 104 71 1.00 101 79 1.10 98 87 1.20 95 95 1.30 92 103 1.40 89 111 1.50 86 119 1.60 83 127 1.70 80 135 1.80 77 143 Instructions: Round your answer for price to 2 decimal places. Enter your answers for quantity as a whole number. a. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in the wholesale butter market? P = $ Q = million pounds b. What is the monthly surplus created in the wholesale butter market due to the price support (price floor) program? 22 million pounds Zero 79 million pounds 11 million pounds Suppose that a decrease in the cost of feeding cows shifts the supply schedule to the right by 40 million pounds at every price. c. Fill in the new supply schedule given the change in the cost of feeding cow

Answer 1

1. Equilibrium price ,p = $1.20 per pound, equilibrium quantity = 95 million pounds.

2. Surplus = 0

Step-by-step explanation:

1. From the question,

the equilibrium price = 1.20

The equilibrium quantity = 95 million per pounds.

Equilibrium is gotten when Quantity supplied = quantity demanded.

2. When price floor == $1.00

Quantity demanded = 101

Quantity supplied = 79

Monthly surplus = 79 - 101 = -22

Quantity demanded > quantity surplus.

This implies that there is no surplus.

Surplus = 0

3. If a decrease in cost of feeding cows shift supply by 40 million we will have new supply schedule =

New qs = Qs + 40

63+40 = 103

71+40= 111

79+40 = 119

87+40= 127

95 + 40 = 135

103 + 40 = 143

111+40 = 151

119 + 40 = 159

127 + 40 = 167

135 + 40 = 175

143 + 40 = 183