17. Pump Prices on Pace to Top 2009 High by Weekend The cost of filling up the...

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17. Pump Prices on Pace to Top 2009 High by Weekend The cost of filling up the car is rising as the crude oil price soars and pump prices may exceed the peak price of 2009. Source: USA Today, January 7, 2010

a. Does demand for gasoline or the supply of gasoline or both change when the price of oil soars?

b. Use a demand-supply graph to illustrate what happens to the equilibrium price of gasoline and the equilibrium quantity of gasoline bought when the price of oil soars.

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Parkin Macroeconomics

ISBN: B0070OLVAC

10th Edition

Authors: Michael Parkin

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