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Appendix B Price Elasticity and Supply & Demand Fill in the matrix below and describe how changes in price or quantity of the goods and services affect either supply or demand and the equilibrium price. Use the graphs from your book and the Tomlinson video tutorials as a tool to help you answer questions about the changes in price and quantity Event Market affected by event Shift in supply‚ demand‚ or both. Explain your answer. Change in equilibrium Frozen orange crops in California Orange
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INSTRUCTIONS: You must show all of your work where calculations are required and you must include a brief explanation of approximately 50 words for each answer to receive full credit: 1. Markets‚ Demand and Supply‚ part 1 (10pts): a. What effect will each of the following have on the DEMAND for coffee (i.e. Increase Demand‚ Decrease Demand‚ or NO CHANGE)? You must include a brief explanation of approximately 50 words for each answer to receive full credit: i. There is an increase in the price
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alternative sources of energy. This seems to be a solution that is supported in almost all political realms. In this list of alternative energy sources is Ethanol. Ethanol is a combustible substance that exists in small amounts in about one third of the gasoline sold in the United States. Many domestic vehicles have flex fuel engines that will run on gas that is up to eighty-five percent ethanol. The good thing about ethanol is that it can be refined out of products like corn or sugar. Because ethanol
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Adding Alternative Fuel Vehicles to Lotus Rental Car In an effort to bring down the gasoline cost for his fleet‚ Lotus Car’s Chief Financial Officer is looking at the possibility of adding alternative fuel vehicles to its fleet. To make a sound decision‚ she decided to hire a consultant firm that would review and determine if implementing the addition of alternative vehicles would benefit the company. By performing thorough research‚ the consultants will first perform a comparison between gas
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about gasoline prices‚ while just 32% of higher-income people (earning $100‚000 a year or more) were angry. Despite higher gasoline bills‚ just 22% of survey respondents said that they had reduced driving. However‚ 63% said that they would cut back on driving if gasoline prices rose above $3 per gallon. a. Use a demand curve to explain why the proportion of people who would reduce driving is higher if the price of gasoline is higher. b. Explain how people can adjust to higher gasoline prices
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Indirect Tax Indirect taxes include value added tax‚ a range of excise duties on oil‚ tobacco and alcohol and fuel duty. VAT is levied on the sale of goods by registered businesses. Businesses add VAT to the price they charge when they provide goods and services to business customers - and non-business customers. There are different VAT rates‚ depending on the goods or services that are being provided. At the moment there are three rates: standard rate – 20%‚ reduced rate - 5 %‚ zero rate -
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demand. But these plans need to be in progress today‚ and some experts say that we are not preparing fast enough. Oil has an abundant amount of uses and applications. The most obvious use of oil is for transportation. Oil is used to make gasoline and lubricant for cars and buses and it is the driving energy source for the world’s transportation system. The United States is the world’s leader in vehicle ownership and use (Povey). Passenger vehicles (not including vehicles used for transportation
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called regenerative braking. cars have been accepted as a solution to the current pollution problems that we face‚ as they offer lower emissions than gasoline automobiles. Some hybrid cars produces around 90% less pollutants than regular cars. With cars with this system‚ a hybrid car can cross longer distances than normal ones with less use of gasoline. They can get up to 55-60 mpg in city driving‚ while a typical SUV might travel just 15-20 mpg. Also there are 2 types of cars: the first type is the
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steam compressed and it create a motion in the engine. As we known gasoline and diesel are the basic fuel for Internal Combustion Engine. The gasoline and diesel are the type of gases that made from petroleum. The combustion of gasoline and diesel are mean that the gasoline or diesel react with the oxygen to create water and carbon dioxide gas. Gasoline/petrol is a mixture of few organic compounds‚ but the main compound of the Gasoline/petrol is the octane C8H18. So the simple chemical equation is 2C8H18
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