Quantity Demanded:  QD= 240-5P        Quantity Supplied: QS= P Suppose the government decides to impose a tax of $12 per unit on sellers, determine the demand and supply equation after tax. Determine the buyers and sellers price after tax, quantity, consumer surplus and producer surplus after tax, tax revenue, deadweight loss of the tax and the total surplus after tax.

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Quantity Demanded:  QD= 240-5P        Quantity Supplied: QS= P

Suppose the government decides to impose a tax of $12 per unit on sellers, determine the demand and supply equation after tax.

Determine the buyers and sellers price after tax, quantity, consumer surplus and producer surplus after tax, tax revenue, deadweight loss of the tax and the total surplus after tax.

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