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The demand and supply curves for newspapers in a Midwestern city are given by
QD = 152 - 20P
QS = 188P - 4
where Q is measured in thousands of newspapers per day and P in dollars per newspaper.

Find the equilibrium price and quantity.

The equilibrium price is dollars.

The equilibrium quantity is thousand newspapers.

The equilibrium price equates quantity demanded (152 – 20P) and quantity supplied (188P – 4). A price of $0.75 results in a quantity demanded of 137 thousand newspapers; that price also results in a quantity supplied of 137 thousand newspapers. For further review, see section “Market Equilibrium”.
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