You are a factory manager in a small rural county in Georgia. You place a want ad for factory workers whose job it will be to unload boxes from trucks. In the ad, you indicate that a high school diploma is required. In that particular county, the high school graduation rate for minorities is substantially lower than the rate for whites. Have you violated the law? Explain.

answer: in the short-run firms will respond by raising the price of turkey.

explanation: initially the long-run equilibrium is at a price of $5 per pound of turkey and a quantity of 50 million pounds per year. now, when webmd claims that a protein found in turkey will increase your expected lifespan by 4 years. the consumers demand for turkey will increase at every price shifting the demand curve to the right from d1 to d2. while, there will be no change in the supply curve in the short-run as it is not possible for producers to adjust supply so quickly. as a result the new equilibrium will occur at a higher price and a higher quantity of turkey.

thus, in the short run firms will respond by increasing the price of turkey, selling more quantity at a higher price and earning economic profits.