The Daily Demand for Bottled Water Is 35 Bottles When

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Essay

The daily demand for bottled water is 35 bottles when the price is set at $1.However,if the price is raised to $5,the demand is only 5 bottles.The bottled water producer is willing to supply 40 bottles if the price is set at $5 per bottle,but will only supply 10 bottles if the price is set at $2.Draw the supply and demand curves for the water bottles on the graph below.Label each curve and each axis.At what level does equilibrium occur? What are the areas of surplus and shortage?

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Definitions:

Receivership

The first form of external administration prescribed by the Corporations Act. Receivership involves a receiver, receiver–manager or controller being appointed by a court or by secured creditors in order to protect the security of those creditors.

Liquidation

The third form of external administration prescribed by the Corporations Act. The process whereby a company is dissolved, at which point the company ceases to be a legal entity.

Liquidator

An external administrator appointed to dissolve the company.