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Question 1 Part A Basically, Apples and Oranges have same characteristics to fulfill human needs or it the both of things have a realtion as substitute goods. In this part of the question were told that there are a new disease threatening apples plantations. Indirectly, the new disease have affecting demand and supply in market of economy. Furthermore, Demand law stated that the other things being equal, the lower the price of a good, the higher the quantity demanded. Instead, the higher the price of a good, the lower the quantity demanded. The new disease influencing the harvest of apples. The quantity of apples will decreasing because the disease was threaten the harvest quantity of apples (Q0 move to the left into Q1). Refers of the demand law, the quantity of the apples were decreased, so the price of the apples were getting higher (P0 Move up in to P1). Therefore, there is happening 2 Supplies, first supply was occurred in first equilibrium between P0 and Q0, the second supply was occurred in equilibrium between P1 and Q1. After doing transaction between buyers and sellers in market, then they make a deal, it can called Equilibrium. Furthermore, there is a shortage happen in this situation, as you can see in the graphs. So the shortage forced the price to going up for covered the second supply. Next, the shortage also making the quantity must decrease. Therefore, comparing shifting between Old equilibrium (E0) to new equilibrium (E1), there is increasing price in new equilibrium and decreasing quantity. In the market of oranges, we can imagine the supplier of oranges side that they got profit a lot. Because, the apples harvest were threatened by the new disease. People prefer consume oranges which is cheaper than apples.... ... middle of paper ... ...into inefficient equlibrium because the advertising and the tax have not affected the market of alcohol. Next, the new equilibrium (E1) was occured after the new supply curve (S1) was made which caused increased in price of alcohol (P0 moving up into P1) and decreased in quantity alcohol (Q0 moving to the right into Q1) and fix demand line (D0). The equilibrium was considered an efficient equilibrium because the price and quantity have affected by the strategies of goverment. In this graph was appeared 2 supply line curved, the first supply (S0) was known as private cost, because the cost have not affected by the strategies. On the other side, the new supply (S1) was known as social cost because its already affected by the strategies and must be accepted by the society. In the end, for further explanation, The graph was shown for explaining more detail information.

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