Suppose that in order to discourage people from smoking the government decides to place an excise tax on every pack of cigarettes sold. As a result of the tax, the supply of cigarettes decreases by 150 packs of cigarettes at each price.

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Answer:

Following are the solution to this question:

Explanation:

Please find the complete question in the attachment file.

For point A:

The complete table can be defined as follows:

[tex]\bold{price \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ pre-tax \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ post-tax}\\\\2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 50\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0\\\\2.5\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 100\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0\\\\3\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 150 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 0\\\\3.5 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 200\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 50\\\\4 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 250\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 100\\\\[/tex]

For point B:

When the price is 3.5, producers are fully capable of selling 50 cigarette packages.

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