Based on the information provided for the market for video games, answer the following questions.
PRICE
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Q DEMANDED
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Q SUPPLIED
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$50
|
5
|
9
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$45
|
7
|
7
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$40
|
9
|
5
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$35
|
11
|
3
|
$30
|
13
|
1
|
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Draw and properly label the demand and supply graphs (this means you must label the axes and any lines you include on the graph).
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What is the equilibrium price and quantity?
Now, assume that a new government report claims that video game play stimulates the brain.
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What will this do to the demand curve? Of the available list of things in the text that causes a change in demand, which best fits here as the cause of the demand shift?
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What will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity?