Table 17-6 Imagine a Small Town in Which Only Two Residents, Kunal

question 36

Multiple Choice

Table 17-6
Imagine a small town in which only two residents, Kunal and Naj, own wells that produce safe drinking water. Each week Kunal and Naj work together to decide how many gallons of water to pump, to bring the water to town, and to sell it at whatever price the market will bear. Assume Kunal and Naj can pump as much water as they want without cost so that the marginal cost of water equals zero.
The weekly town demand schedule and total revenue schedule for water are shown in the table below.
-Refer to Table 17-6. The socially efficient level of water supplied to the market would be

• A)50 gallons.
• B)150 gallons.
• C)225 gallons.
• D)300 gallons.

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Definitions:

Elasticity Coefficient

A numerical measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied to a change in one of its determinants.

Linear Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing a straight-line relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating the sensitivity of demand to price changes.

Elastic

A description of a good's demand or supply that indicates a high sensitivity to changes in price, where a small change in price leads to a larger change in quantity demanded or supplied.