Question

Suppose the government imposes a 20-cent tax on the sellers of artificially-sweetened beverages. The tax would shift a. demand, lowering the equilibrium price and raising the equilibrium quantity in the market for artificially sweetened beverages. b. supply, raising the equilibrium price and lowering the equilibrium quantity in the market for artificially sweetened beverages. c. supply, lowering the equilibrium price and raising the equilibrium quantity in the market for artificially sweetened beverages. d. demand, raising both the equilibrium price and quantity in the market for artificially sweetened beverages.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. supply, raising the equilibrium price and lowering the equilibrium quantity in the market for artificially sweetened beverages.

Explanation:

In the case when the government impose the tax of 20% on sweetened beverages so here the price should be increased but at the same time the quantity is decreased as the supply curve shifted to the leftward where the demand curve is not impacted at all due to this things the price increased and the demand is decreased

Therefore the option b is correct