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Supply curve = 11 + P/3
Demand curve = 15 -P for private school

Government voucher gives 3,000 to parents....

Equilibrium price = ?
equilibrium quantity = ?

consumer surplus and government expenditure = ?

I know Pd = Ps and Qd = Qs......answer keeps coming out negative price?

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Note that the given supply curve Qs = 11 + Ps/3 is for the period after the voucher proposal passes, so the subsidy is immaterial when doing calculations ...

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