as Equilibrium: Where Supply Meets Demand $-$ End of Chapter Problem

a$.$ You are the coordinator of a nonprofit that distributes donated items to three local homeless shelters and want to figure out a way of distributing the donated items to the shelters who need it the most. Which of the following would most likely achieve your goal?

Divide the donations evenly among the three shelters.

Offer each shelter a virtual "budget" and have them bid on different items.

Send all the donations to the shelter that has the least.

Ask shelters to submit their requests, and decide what to send where based on their answers.

b$.$ Which of these best reprefent a planned approach and which best represent a market approach?

Market Approach