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A price floor is usually fixed - WAEC Economics 2018 Question

A price floor is usually fixed 

A
at the equilibrium and causes shortage
B
above the equilibrium and causes shortage
C
below the equilibrium and causes shortage
D
above the equilibrium and causes surplus
correct option: d

price floor is a government- or group-imposed price control or limit on how low a price can be charged for a product, good, commodity, or service. 

A price floor is the lowest legal price a commodity can be sold at. Price floors are used by the government to prevent prices from being too low. The most common price floor is the minimum wage--the minimum price that can be payed for labor.

For a price floor to be effective, it must be set above the equilibrium price.

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