Answer to Question #206780 in Macroeconomics for Pooh

Question

suppose there are 1000 (type a) people who value flood control more than the 1000 (type b) people.type a demand qd = 100 − p type b demand qd = 50 − p where q measures the quality of flood control. if the price of a unit of flood control is $100,000 and the citizens of toadhop did not work together, what would be the amount of flood control purchased? (2 marks) 

Answer 1

If the price of a unit of flood control is $100,000 and the citizens of toadhop did not work together, then the amount of flood control purchased would be:

$qd = 1,000×(100 - p) + 1,000×(50 - p) = 150,000 - 2,000×100 = -50,000.$