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2025 Pearson Edexcel GCE In Economics B (9EB0) Paper 1: Markets and how they work ACTUAL QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME COMBINED

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PAPER 1: Markets and how they work

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SECTION A

Read Extracts A–F in the Source Booklet before answering Question 1.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 (a) Explain one benefit to train operating companies (TOCs) of leasing the trains.
(4)

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,(b) Using a supply and demand diagram, illustrate the impact on the market for
rail travel from a decrease in bus fares.
(4)

, (c) Using Extract B, calculate to two decimal places, the percentage of total income
for the rail industry that came from government subsidies between April 2023
and March 2024. You are advised to show your working.
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