Scenario 1 Assume That the Investment Demand Function Is Represented by the by the Following

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Essay

Scenario 1
Assume that the investment demand function is represented by the following algebraic function: I = $300 - 2000r where $300 represents autonomous investment and "r" represents the interest rate.
-Using Scenario 1 calculate how high the interest rate would have to rise to drive planned investment to zero. Calculate the amount of investment that would take place at an interest rate of zero.

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Definitions:

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of goods or services that consumers are willing and able to buy at a specific price level, at a given point in time.

Normal Good

A type of good for which demand increases as the income of consumers increases, and vice versa.

Supply Schedule

A table of numbers showing the amounts of a good or service producers are willing and able to make available for sale at each of a series of possible prices during a specified period of time.

Price-Elasticity

A measure of how the quantity demanded or supplied of a good changes in response to a change in its price.