Explain how market equilibrium is restored.

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The table below shows the demand and supply schedules for mouse pads

Price Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied

        Price                    Quantity Demanded           Quantity Supplied

(dollars per pad)                          (mouse pads per week)

3.00                                    160                                        120

4.00                                    150                                        130

5.00                                    140                                        140

6.00                                    130                                        150

7.00                                    120                                        160

8.00                                    110                                        170


a. What is the market equilibrium?_______________

b. If the price of a mouse pad is $7.00, describe the situation in the market. Explain how market equilibrium is restored.

c. What is the market equilibrium if a fall in the price of a computer changes the quantity demanded of mouse pads by 20 a week at each

price.

d. Explain what happens to the market equilibrium in part a and how the market adjusts if new voice-recognition software changes the quantity demanded by 10 mouse pads a week at each price and at the same time the cost of producing a mouse pad falls and changes the quantity supplied by 30 a week at each price.

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