Some hotels in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina charge over $200 a night in the summer but sometimes as little as $99 a night in the winter. Use supply and demand analysis, including graphical and verbal explanation, for these winter “sales.”

What will be an ideal response?

A sample graph is shown (Figure 4-26). Demand falls in the winter, so that equilibrium price decreases with the supply unchanged resulting in a shift of demand to the left and a lower price and quantity in winter months.

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"The typical age-earning cycle provides evidence of economic discrimination by age." Do you agree or disagree? Why?

What will be an ideal response?

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