If a Binding Price Floor Were Placed in the Market

question 37

Multiple Choice

If a binding price floor were placed in the market in the graph shown:

• A) quantity demanded would exceed quantity supplied.
• B) quantity supplied would exceed quantity demanded.
• C) the demand curve would have to shift.
• D) the supply curve would have to shift.

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Definitions:

Quantity Supplied

The quantity of a product that suppliers are ready and capable of offering for sale at a certain price during a defined timeframe.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods or services supplied that is exactly equal to the quantity demanded at the market equilibrium price.

Supply Decrease

A reduction in the quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to offer at any given price.

Demand Decrease

A situation where there is a reduction in the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at any given price.