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Which of the following best defines market demand?
Which of the following best defines market demand?
- The total quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to sell at a given price and time
- The total quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price and time (correct)
- The total quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to buy at a given price and time
- The total quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price and time
What does the demand curve show?
What does the demand curve show?
- The relationship between the price of a good and the number of consumers in the market
- The relationship between the price of a good and consumer income
- The relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers (correct)
- The relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied by producers
Why does the demand curve slope downward?
Why does the demand curve slope downward?
- Because as the price of a good decreases, the quantity demanded by consumers decreases (correct)
- Because as the price of a good decreases, the quantity supplied by producers decreases
- Because as the price of a good increases, the quantity supplied by producers increases
- Because as the price of a good increases, the quantity demanded by consumers increases
What factors can shift the demand curve?
What factors can shift the demand curve?
What does the supply curve show?
What does the supply curve show?