Demand, Supply, & Equilibrium

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Thousands of people leave a small town due to a factory closing down. Sales at the local grocery store are reduced. What causes this change?

Back

Change in the number of buyers

Front

New technology advances the rate at which furniture can be assembled. Why does this change the supply?

Back

There is a change in cost of production.

Front

Which of the following best refers to the market equilibrium price? Options: Surpluses depress the number of goods supplied. Shortages and surpluses will have no effect on the market. The government will not intervene in the market. The quantity demanded is the same as the quantity supplied.

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The quantity demanded is the same as the quantity supplied.

Front

Mr Coyote goes to the ticket booth to buy tickets for a Spurs game. Mr. Coyote is told that the game is sold out and no tickets are available. Which best explains why there are no basketball tickets available?

Back

The demand for tickets was greater than the supply.

Front

Which statement expresses a central idea of how the laws of supply and demand work? Options: The government sets the prices for goods and services., Prices are determined by the interaction of producers and consumers., Consumers alone determine the prices for goods and services., Technology dictates the prices charged for goods and services.

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Prices are determined by the interaction of producers and consumers.

Front

Which situation is most likely to lead to the lowest prices? Options: There is only one producer making the good., Businesses secretly agree to share their profits., Competition between businesses is prohibited., Several producers compete to sell goods to the public.

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Several producers compete to sell goods to the public.

Front

When companies compete in a market economy, what is usually the result?

Back

Consumers are able to buy goods for the best available price.

Front

Which of the following would NOT be a determinant of demand? The price of related goods, Income, Tastes, The prices of the inputs used to produce the good

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The prices of the inputs used to produce the good

Front

If the price of a substitute to good X increases, then

Back

The demand for good X will increase.

Front

How would your demand for vanilla pudding be affected if the price of bananas is higher, assuming all other things are constant?

Back

It would decrease.