Equilibrium Price Must Decrease When Demand

question 156

Multiple Choice

Equilibrium price must decrease when demand

• A)increases and supply does not change,when demand does not change and supply decreases,and when demand decreases and supply increases simultaneously.
• B)increases and supply does not change,when demand does not change and supply decreases,and when demand increases and supply decreases simultaneously.
• C)decreases and supply does not change,when demand does not change and supply increases,and when demand decreases and supply increases simultaneously.
• D)decreases and supply does not change,when demand does not change and supply increases,and when demand increases and supply decreases simultaneously.

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Definitions:

Free Markets

An economic system in which prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses, without government intervention.

Efficiency

The optimal allocation of resources to produce the maximum amount of goods and services, with the least waste of resources.

Pareto Optimality

Pareto Optimality is a state of allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Income Distribution

Income Distribution refers to the way in which total income is shared among the members of a society.