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Activity 4E
How Does the Interaction of Supply and Demand Determine Prices?
Term | Definition |
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Demand | How much of a good or service consumers are willing to buy at a particular price. |
Law of Demand | As the price of a product increases, the demand for that product decreases. |
Demand Curve | A type of graph that shows the quantity of a product people would be willing to buy at a given price. |
Consumers | The individuals and businesses who buy and use goods and services. |
Producers | The manufacturers and merchants who make and sell goods and services. |
Supply | The outputs of the production process. |
Law of Supply | A the price of a product increases, the quantity of that product a producer is willing to make and sell also increases. |
Equilibrium Price | The price at which the quantity demanded by consumers equals the quantity supplied by producers. |
Competition | When producers compete with one another to sell goods and services. |
Free Choice | When people are free to make, sell and buy whatever goods and services they want. |
Supply Curve | A type of graph that shows the quantity of a product that a producer is willing and able to sell at different prices. |
Substitute | A good that performs a similar function |
Inputs | Productive resources. |
Outputs | Goods and services demanded by consumers. |