The Market Demand Curve

question 34

Multiple Choice

The market demand curve

• A) shows how much all consumers demand at various prices.
• B) is the vertical summation of the demand curves of all the consumers in the market.
• C) is quite complex to construct, given the demand curves of the individual consumers.
• D) all of the above

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