Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Maximum and minimum prices

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

A company made a garden open to the public and asked visitors to pay to enter. The government later awarded a grant to improve the garden, provided that admission was made free. What would be the outcome of the government’s action?

  • AThe consumer surplus would increase.
  • BThe demand curve would shift to the left.
  • CThe supply curve would be infinitely elastic.
  • DThere would be no equilibrium position as the garden is free.

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