Questions:
1. Based on the information provided for the market for video games, answer the following questions.
PRICE Q DEMANDED Q SUPPLIED
$50 5 9
$45 7 7
$40 9 5
$35 11 3
$30 13 1
a.) Draw and properly label the demand and supply graphs (this means you must label the axes and any lines you include on the graph).
b.) What is the equilibrium price and quantity?
b.) PRICE: ______________________ QUANTITY: ______________________
Now, assume that a new government report claims that video game play stimulates the brain.
c.) What will this do to the demand curve? Of the available list of things in the text that causes a change in demand, which best fits here as the cause of the demand shift?
d.) What will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity?
2. Based on the following information for the state of Montana,
a. Draw the Production Possibilities Curve.
b. Determine the opportunity costs for a move from A to B; B to C; and C to D.
CHOICE OIL / barrels WHEAT / bushels
A 5000 0
B 4500 10000
C 2500 20000
D 0 25000
b.) A to B: _____________ B to C: __________________ C to D: _________________