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This is a review over chapter 3 in the third edition economics textbook.

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What was the boy at the beginning of the chapter's name?   Danny  
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How much did the lamp go for?   $347  
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Principle of diminishing marginal utility   People tend to receive less and less additional satisfaction from any good or service as they contain more and more of it during a specific period of time.  
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Marginal utility schedule   A tabular model based upon the observation of marginal utility.  
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Marginal utility curve   A graphic representation of the marginal utility schedule.  
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William Stanley Jevons   Pest known for "The theory of Political Economy," and was the first to introduce the principle of diminishing marginal utility.  
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Demand   The willingness of consumers to purchase a product as well as their act of purchasing the item.  
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Law of demand   Everything else being held constant, the lower the price charged for a good or service, the greater the quantity of it people will demand, and thehighter the price the lower the quantity they will demand.  
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Demand schedule   A table listing various quantities demanded at various prices.  
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Demand curve   A graphic representation of a demand schedule.  
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Change in quantity demanded   Happens whenever a change in price causes a change in the number of items demanded.  
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Change in demand   Happens when a demand curve shifts.  
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Increase in demand   Means buyers are willing to demand more of a good or service at every price along the demand curve.  
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Decrease in demand   Means buyers are going to demand for less of a good or service at every price along the demand curve.  
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Normal goods   GOods that experience an increase in demand because of an increase in consumers' income.  
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Inferior goods   Goods that experience a decline in popularity as buyers' incomes increase.  
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substitute goods   Goods that households may use in place of others.  
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complementary goods   Goods that are usually purchased or used together.  
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