Figure 4-17 -Refer to Figure 4-17. Suppose a Price Ceiling of $4.50

question 153

Multiple Choice

Figure 4-17
-Refer to Figure 4-17. Suppose a price ceiling of $4.50 is imposed. As a result,

• A) there is a shortage of 15 units of the good.
• B) the demand curve will shift to the left so as to now pass through the point (Q = 35, P = $4.50).
• C) the situation is very much like the one created by a binding minimum wage.
• D) the quantity of the good that is bought and sold is the same as it would have been had a price floor of $7.50 been imposed.

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