The Numbers in the Table Below Characterize the Market for Raccoon

question 164

Multiple Choice

The numbers in the table below characterize the market for raccoon skins in Minnesota during the 2010-2011 trapping season. The demand schedule that prevailed in November and December of 2010 is denoted by "Original Quantity Demanded," and the demand schedule that prevailed from late January onward is denoted by "Quantity Demanded-Late January."

-Refer to the table above.Given the original demand,at a price of $18 per raccoon skin,there is a ________.

• A) surplus of 140 skins
• B) surplus of 280 skins
• C) shortage of 280 skins
• D) shortage of 140 skins

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Definitions:

Private Enterprise System

An economic system where private individuals or businesses own capital goods and have the freedom to operate for profit with minimal government intervention.

Raw Materials

Basic substances in their natural, modified, or semi-processed state, used as inputs for manufacturing finished goods.

Pure Monopoly

A market structure where a single supplier has exclusive control over the production and sale of a product with no close substitutes.