The demand for a new effective drug for the cure of AIDS would most likely be

A. elastic.
B. unit elastic.
C. perfectly elastic.
D. highly inelastic.

Answer: D

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A) larger; fast B) larger; slow C) smaller; slow D) smaller; fast

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The market demand function for wheat is Qd = 10 - 2P and the market supply function is Qs = 4P - 2, both measured in billions of bushels per year. Suppose the government wants to increase the price of wheat to $3/bushel and they impose a price floor to achieve their goal. What is the size of the consumer surplus?

A. $4 billion B. $8 billion C. $10 billion D. $6 billion

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