Graph the Supply and Demand Curves

Question

Suppose you are an aide to a U.S. Senator who is concerned about the impact of a recently proposed excise tax on the welfare of her constituents. You explained to the Senator that one way of measuring the impact on her constituents is to determine how the tax change affects the level of consumer surplus enjoyed by the constituents. Based on your arguments, you are given the go-ahead to conduct a formal analysis, and obtain the following estimates of demand and supply. Don’t worry if the answers are in fractions.            

Q_d=500–5P and Q_s=3P–60

Graph the supply and demand curves. Please identify the x and y axis properly, the Price and quantity intercepts and equilibrium.

Summary

This question belongs to micro economics and discusses about supply and demand curves

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