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The diagram below illustrates the supply and demand curves for food delivery Grub Hub in Pandemic Land. Use it to answer Questions 12 – 16.

Consider the market for milk. Producers were able to convince the government to impose a binding price floor as they stated it was a staple food for low-income American families and current prices were too low. The weather has allowed for a higher production of hay, leading to an increase in the supply of milk.  How are the equilibrium price and quantity of milk affected by this increase in demand with a price floor?

Questions 22 – 25 refer to the graph below and the following scenario: the government has a buyout program according to which it purchases all the excess supply needed to prevent the price from falling below $9.

The economy is experiencing high unemployment. As a result, income has decreased in the economy. Assume that Just Protein are normal

  Questions 35 and 36 is based on the diagram above, which represents the production possibilities frontier for an economy where only butter and guns are produced.

University of Minnesota students love grabbing a Just Protein bar on their way to ECON 1101 class and the number of students attending ECON 1101 has increased this year. 

Two things happen: (1) the price of whey increases and (2) Health report states that doughnuts are not good for you.

A new health report shows that eating too many doughnuts for breakfast may increase cholesterol levels since doughnuts are considered a high carbohydrate and a high fat food.  Research shows that Gen Z are eating more healthy foods than previous generations.

Two things happen: (1) The first-year enrollment has increased in ECON 1101 and (2) an improvement in technology has enabled suppliers to produce twice as many Just Protein.

Suppose that when a person’s income increased from $50 to $70 a week, the quantity demanded of tacos decreases from 10 to 5 a week. From this information, we calculated the income elasticity, and we can say: the good is normal the good is inferior the good has a income elasticity of -2