When Economists Say the Quantity Supplied of a Product Has

question 34

Multiple Choice

When economists say the quantity supplied of a product has increased, they mean the

• A) supply curve has shifted to the left.
• B) supply curve has shifted to the right.
• C) price of the product has risen, and consequently, suppliers are producing more of it.
• D) price of the product has fallen, and consequently, suppliers are producing less of it.

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Definitions:

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Sixth Unit

A term possibly denoting the incremental unit in a series, used in contexts like economics to discuss marginal utility or cost of the sixth item.

Budget Line

A graphical representation of all possible combinations of two goods that can be purchased with a given budget at fixed prices.

Shifting Outward

Refers to the expansion of production possibilities or outward movement of the production possibility frontier, indicating economic growth or improvement in resource availability.