Refer to the above figure. Other things being equal, when the government imposes a price floor at P2, then we would expect
A. price to decline until an equilibrium is achieved at P0.
B. consumers to bid against each other for goods and force the price even higher.
C. a surplus will occur.
D. the quantity demanded is Q2.
Answer: C
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