When Will a Shortage Occur in a Market? Use a Graph

question 16

Essay

When will a shortage occur in a market? Use a graph to show a shortage. What will happen if a shortage exists?

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming that these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Tickets

A document or electronic card that gives the holder a right to admission, travel, or participation in an event.

Continuous Random Variable

A type of random variable that can take on an infinite number of values in a continuum.

Expected Cost

The forecasted average amount of money that would be spent on a particular event or activity.