Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305585126
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 5PA

Subpart (a):

To determine

The supply schedule of the water bottles.

Subpart (b):

To determine

The supply schedule of the water bottles and producer surplus.

Subpart (c):

To determine

The supply schedule of the water bottles and producer surplus.

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Ernie owns a water pump. Because pumping large amounts of water is harder than pumping small amounts, the cost of producing a bottle of water rises as he pumps more. Here is the cost he incurs to produce each bottle of water: Bottle of water      Cost Cost of 1st bottle        $1 Cost of 2nd bottle        $3 Cost of 3rd bottle        $5 Cost of 4th bottle        $7 1.From this information, derive Ernie’s supply schedule. 2.Graph his supply curve for bottled water. 3.If the price of a bottle of water is $4, how many bottles does Ernie produce and sell? How much producer surplus does Ernie get from these sales? Graph his supply curve for bottled water. 4.If the price rises to $6, how does quantity supplied change? How does Ernie’s producer surplus change? Show these changes in your graph.
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What effect will each of the following have on the supply of auto tires?  Microeconomics chapter 3  Supply is a schedule or curve showing the amounts of a productthat producers are willing to offer in the market at each possibleprice during a specific period. The law of supply states that otherthings equal, producers will offer more of a product at a high pricethan at a low price. Thus, the relationship between price and quantity supplied is positive or direct, and supply is graphed as anupsloping curve.The market supply curve is the horizontal summation of thesupply curves of the individual producers of the product.Changes in one or more of the determinants of supply (resource prices, production techniques, taxes or subsidies, the pricesof other goods, producer expectations, or the number of sellers inthe market) shift the supply curve of a product. A shift to the rightis an increase in supply; a shift to the left is a decrease in supply. Incontrast, a change in the price of the…
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