Compute the elasticity of demand and equilibrium price

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The market for hog hats is competitive and demand is given by P=75-Q while supply is given by P=15+2Q. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in this market?

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To enable more students to wear hog hats to games, the UA decides to give hog hat producers a subsidy of $9 per unit. What price will consumer's pay and how many hog hats will they buy? How much will the UA spend on the subsidy? What will be the change in producer surplus?

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