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Consider the following supply and demand equations: Supply: p = 550 + 3q
Demand: p = 750 − 2q
Show your work as you respond to the following questions.
(a) What is the market equilibrium? (5%)
(b) What is the Total Surplus at equilibrium? (5%)
(d) The government imposes a price floor of 706. What is Total Surplus? What is the Deadweight Loss? (10%)
(e) Instead, the government imposes a price floor of 650. What is Total Surplus? What is the Deadweight Loss? (10%)