Demand for apartments in a certain town is D(x) = 1164 - 2x, and the supply...
Demand for apartments in a certain town is D(x) = 1700 -x, and the supply is S(x) = 600+ 9x, where x is the number of apartments, in hundreds, and D(x) and S(x) are the rent in dollars per month, per apartment. a) Find the equilibrium point. b) Find the consumer surplus and producer surplus. c) Suppose a maximum rent of $1095 per month is imposed by the town council. Find the point (*c. PC) d) Find the new consumer...
Demand for apartments in a certain town is D(x) = 1460 - 3x, and the supply is S(x) = 500 + 9x, where x is the number of apartments, in hundreds, and D(x) and S(x) are the rent in dollars per month, per apartment a) Find the equilibrium point. b) Find the consumer surplus and producer surplus. c) Suppose a maximum rent of $716 per month is imposed by the town council. Find the point (*c. PC) d) Find the...
Demand for apartments in a certain town is D(x)=670 - 5x, and the supply is S(x) 400 + 10x, where x is the number of apartments, in hundreds, and D(x) and S(x) are the rent in dollars per month, per apartment a) Find the equilibrium point. b) Find the consumer surplus and producer surplus. c) Suppose a maximum rent of $480 per month is imposed by the town council. Find the point (*c. PC) d) Find the new consumer surplus...
A) Suppose the following graph shows the demand for, and supply of, apartments in New York City. Use the black point (plus symbol) to indicate the equilibrium monthly rent and quantity of apartments in the absence of price controls. Then use the green point (triangle symbol) to fill the area representing consumers' surplus, and use the purple point (diamond symbol) to fill the area representing producers' surplus.B) Suppose that the government decides to impose a rent control of $1,900 per month on rental...
Let Market Supply for apartments be P=$200+0.5Qs Let Market Demand for apartments be P=$1700-0.75Qd a.) Calculate the amount of Producer Surplus gained if rent control occurred, and the new price was set at $550 per month). NOTE: CS Gained = 341664. Calculate GAIN FROM PS b) Calculate the amount of Producer Deadweight loss arising due to the rent control. NOTE: DWL CS is 1/2(1175-800)*(1200-700)=93750 Please Calculate DWL FROM PS
The figure below shows the market for apartments in downtown Rochester. a) Suppose a rent ceiling of $600 is imposed. What is the quantity of apartments supplied after the rent ceiling? b) What is the quantity of apartments demanded after the rent ceiling is imposed? c) What is the change in producer surplus? d) What is the change in consumer surplus? e) The deadweight loss from the policy is f) Suppose instead the rent ceiling is set at $1,500. The...
Figure 4-5 Price (dollars per month $2,500 2.000 Demand 0 200400 800 Quantity (apartments) Figure 4-5 shows the market for apartments in Springfield. Recently, the government imposed a rent ceiling of $1.000 per month. 2) 2) Refer to Figure 4-5. Suppose that instead of a rent ceiling, the government imposed a price floor of 12,000 per month for apartments. What is the quantity of apartments demanded at the new price? B) 200 C) 300 D) 500 A) 3) Refer to...
The equlibrlum rent in a town is $500 par month, and the equillbrlum number of apartments is 100. The city now passes a rent control law that sets the maximum rant at $400. Tha dagram an the right summarizas tha supply and demand for apartments in this city Use this figure to complete the tables below TABLE Consumer Surplus Producer Surplus Social Surplus Before Rent Control s a 0.C 60 100 Quantty
A city the has the following market equilibrium for rental apartments. Use the graph to answer the questions below Market for Rental Apartments Price 5315 500 1000 3400 Quantity et Rental Units (1) Find consumer surplus and the producer surplus that exist at the equilibrium rent of SS3 Is there a deadweight loss? Find if a * Consumer Surplus - Total art of A, B and C & Producer Supples = Totul ano of D, E, F * There is...
3. The elected officials in a university town are concerned about the "exploitative" rents being charged to college students. The town council is contemplating the imposition of a e350 per month rent ceiling on apartments in the city. An economist at the university estimates the demand and supply curves as: QD 5600-8P Qs-500+ 4P, where P- monthly rent, and Q-number of apartments available for rent. For purposes of this analysis, apartments can be treated as identical (a)Calculate the equilibrium price...