Factors Affecting Changes in Supply Curves
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What happens to the quantity supplied when the price falls?

  • It rises
  • It fluctuates
  • It falls (correct)
  • It remains constant

Why do producers offer more for sale at higher prices according to the Law of Supply?

  • To reduce profits
  • To increase costs
  • To maximize profits (correct)
  • To maximize losses

What is the main reason for the upward slope of the supply curve?

  • Government regulations
  • Technological advancements
  • Costs and profit (correct)
  • Price changes in related products

How do businesses aim to operate when providing goods and services?

<p>At a profit (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some determinants of supply according to the text?

<p>Price of required inputs, technology, and prices of related products (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do subsidies typically impact the supply of a good or service?

<p>Increase supply (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What factors can cause a shift in the supply curve?

<p>Subsidies and taxes, technology, number of sellers, expectations, and resource costs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do subsidies affect production?

<p>Subsidies encourage production (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does the supply curve slope upward?

<p>Because firms want to sell more at higher prices (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do improvements in technology impact the supply curve?

<p>They increase the ability of firms to supply (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the determinants of supply mentioned in the text?

<p>Expectations about future prices and economic conditions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does an increase in the number of sellers affect the market supply?

<p>It increases market supply (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What leads to a change in supply, resulting in a shift of the curve?

<p>Changes in input prices (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when there is a decrease in supply?

<p>The supply curve shifts to the left (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does the supply curve slope upwards?

<p>Due to the law of supply (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is market supply?

<p>The sum of all quantities supplied by individual firms in a market (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do subsidies affect the supply curve?

<p>Shift it to the right (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes an increase in supply?

<p>Decrease in input prices (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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