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Question 6

A frost damages apple trees. Farmers cannot quickly plant mature replacement trees, so the quantity of apples supplied changes only slightly when the market price changes.

Explain why the supply of apples is price inelastic in the short run.

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2.3 Supply Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /2.3 Supply

36 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Economics 2.3 Supply, covering 2.3.1 What is supply, 2.3.2 Draw a supply curve using data, 2.3.3 Explain a supply curve, 2.3.4 Shifts and movements of the supply curve, 2.3.5 Causes and consequences of supply changes, 2.3.6 Price elasticity of supply, 2.3.7 Draw supply curves of different elasticity, and 2.3.8 Importance of price elasticity of supply. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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