Answer:
When the world price is $9.00 per barrel, imports are 10.25 million barrels per day.
Explanation:
This can be explained as following:
- At the domestic equilibrium, the quantity supplied and demanded were:
- When the world price is $9.00 (P=9), the domestic demanded and supplied quantity were:
- Demand: Qd = 15 - (1/4)x9 = 12.75 million
- Supply: Qs = -2 + (1/2)x9 = 2.5 million
When the domestic supply is 2.5 million barrels per day while the domestic demand is 12.75 million barrels per day, the domestic still lacks:
- 12.75 - 2.5 = 10.25 million barrels per day
So that they need to import 10.25 million barrels per day.
