Holding stock of a Public company entitles you to a potential return on your investment which can be in the form of Capital Appreciation/Gain, that is buying at low and selling at high, or Dividends received. In the given question, we are not required to calculate total return rather capital gain, simply the difference between purchase price and selling price, so there is no need to account for dividends. The formula for Capital Gain is given below:
Capital Gain / Appreciation = Selling Price - Purchase Price
A free economy has a 100% open economy with very little government interaction however a mixed economy is open to the public but is semi-closely regulated by the government.
When new restaurants have opened in College town in recent years, the supply for restaurant meals increase. This will lead to a rightward shift in the supply curve for restaurant meals leading to a fall in the price and an increase in the quantity. The fall in price will be larger the more inelastic demand is. When demand is more elastic then a fall in price will be less when supply increases.
