10. Consider a market where supply and demand are given by Qs x10 Px and Qd...

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10. Consider a market where supply and demand are given by Qs x10  Px and Qd x  56  2Px. Suppose the government imposes a price floor of $25, and agrees to purchase any and all units consumers do not buy at the floor price of $25 per unit.

a. Determine the cost to the government of buying firms’ unsold units.

b. Compute the lost social welfare (deadweight loss) that stems from the $25 price floor.

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