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Activity 4E
How Does the Interaction of Supply and Demand Determine Prices?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |