As illustrated here, a binding price ceiling causes a short-run shortage, which then worsens into a long-run shortage. what, in
this particular scenario, happens to the black-market price between the short run and the long run?
1 answer:
Answer:
the black market price stays more or less the same in the long run as in the short run.
Explanation:
The black market price may increase or decrease depending on the price elasticity of the goods or services involved, there is no general economic rule that defines how black market equilibrium price reacts to changes in the supply and demand of legal goods and services.
In this specific case, both the demand elasticity and the supply elasticity are elastic, so they basically cancel out or offset each other. The black market supply will decrease the shortage, but it will not be able to satisfy the new quantity demanded completely. Black market apartments have a greater elasticity (steeper curves).
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Answer:
(i)The units of production of Product A and B (x and y) are the decision variables
(ii)Objective is to maximize profit
(iii)Objective function, Max P=20x+50y
(iv)The Contraints are:
8x+2y500....(i)
2x+5y400.......(ii)
3y180
x>0, y>0
Explanation:
Let the number of Product A=x
Let the number of Product B=y
Each unit of product A requires 8 units of R1 and 4 units of R2.
Each unit of product B requires 2 units of R1, 5 units of R2, and 3 units of R3
The availabilities of resources R1, R2, and R3 are 500, 400, and 180
Since R1 500,
Product A requires 8 units of R1 per production unit
Product B requires 2 units of R1 per production unit
Total Unit of R1 possible is given by the inequality: 8x+2y500....(i)
Since R2 400,
Product A requires 2 units of R2 per production unit
Product B requires 5 units of R2 per production unit
Total Unit of R2 possible is given by the inequality: 2x+5y400....(ii)
Since R3 180,
Product B requires 3 units of R2 per production unit
Total Unit of R2 possible is given by the inequality: 3y180....(iii)
Since the manufacturer also makes a profit of $20 and $50 for products A and B, our objective is to maximize profit
Therefore: Objective function, Max P=20x+50y ......(iv)