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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Activity
Jeramiah C. Roble

 The following schedules are for bushels of apples in a local market. Graph the
supply and demand curves. What are the equilibrium price and quantity?

Bushels of Apples
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
200 400 600 800 1000

Quantity Demanded Equilibrium

Equilibrium Price = 16
Equilibrium Quantity = 600
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Activity
Jeramiah C. Roble

Now assume that an early freeze has decreased the apple harvest, and a new
supply schedule is as follows. Has a supply increased or decreased? What are the
new equilibrium price and quantity?

Bushels of Apples
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
200 400 600 800 1000

Quantity Demanded Equilibrium

Equilibrium Price = 18
Equilibrium Quantity = 400

 Go to the web site at http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/JokEc, find a good economics joke, and


share it with your teacher!
“Economists are armed and dangerous: Watch out for our invisible hand”
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Activity
Jeramiah C. Roble

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