The Demand Curve for Apples Is Downward-Sloping Because

question 17

Multiple Choice

The demand curve for apples is downward-sloping because

• A)when fewer apples are produced, the money in people's apple budgets does not have to stretch as far.
• B)there must have been an apple blight, so there must be fewer apples to buy.
• C)when apple prices rise, the price of other goods must also be rising, so people cannot afford to buy as much.
• D)at higher apple prices, people will seek other, relatively cheaper alternatives, like pears, oranges, or plums.
• E)at higher prices, apples are more expensive to produce, so fewer are grown.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The chance distribution of a specified statistic obtained from a random sample, employed for making deductions about the overall population.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory stating that the sampling distribution of the sample mean of any independent, random variable will approximate a normal distribution, given a sufficiently large sample size.

Sampling Distribution

A sampling distribution is a probability distribution of a statistic obtained through a large number of samples drawn from a specific population, used to infer properties of the population.