Consider a Competitive Market with Supply and Demand Curves Expressed

question 169

Essay

Consider a competitive market with supply and demand curves expressed as:
Supply P = 5 + 0.036Q Demand P = 50 - 0.04Q,
where P represents unit price in dollars and Q represents sales rate in units per day.
a. Determine the equilibrium price and sales rate.
b. If this were the labor market for low skilled workers, what would be the loss in consumer surplus (purchaser surplus) when the minimum wage is set at $40 per day (an eight hour day)?
c. What is the loss or gain in producer surplus (seller surplus) in part b. above?

Calculate budgeted, actual, and standard costs for direct and indirect labor.

Analyze the impact of production volume changes on costs.

Understand the concept of overhead application and selection of cost drivers in different types of organizations.

Differentiate between favourable and unfavourable variances and their implications on financial performance.

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