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ECS1501 Assignment 5 Solutions 2023
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- ECS1501 - Economics IA
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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ECS1501 Assignment 5 MemoECS1501 Assignment Five Semester 1 2023 Solutions
Started on Wednesday, 26 April 2023,
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Completed on Wednesday, 26 April 2023,
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According to a leading commentator on the markets for laptops and tablets, the demand
for tablets has increased significantly over the past 5 years. But, over this same time period,
the price of a tablet has decreased sharply. A possible explanation for this is that the
increase in demand must have been accompanied by a decrease in supply.
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The decrease in the supply of tablets is shown by a leftward shift of the supply curve. The
equilibrium price of tablets increases while the equilibrium quantity decreases.
The increase in the demand for tablets is shown by a rightward shift of the demand curve
leading to an increase in the equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity.
In both cases the price of tablets increase.
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Since one of the actors in a popular television series has been spotted wearing pink
sunglasses, pink sunglasses is a must for every fashion conscious person. At the same time,
a technological innovation reduces the costs of producing pink sunglasses. As a result, the
equilibrium price of pink sunglasses will either increase, decrease, or stay the same, and the
equilibrium quantity could also either increase, decrease, or stay the same.
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The increase in the demand for pink sunglasses is shown by a rightward shift of the demand
curve leading to an increase in the equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity.
The reduction in the cost of production of pink sunglasses increases the supply of pink
sunglasses. The supply curve shifts to the right leading to a decrease in the equilibrium price
and an increase in the equilibrium quantity.
Thus, the equilibrium price can either increase, decrease or stay the same while the
equilibrium quantity will increase.
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The market for good A is in equilibrium. Then a technological innovation reduces the cost of
production of good A and, simultaneously, the price of a complement good increases. The
equilibrium price of good A will either increase, decrease, or stay the same, and the
equilibrium quantity will increase.
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The increase in the price of a complement reduces the quantity demanded for the
complement. Thus, the demand for good A will decrease. A decrease in demand is shown by
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