What Happens to Equilibrium Price When Simultaneously Demand Increases and Supply

question 200

Multiple Choice

What happens to equilibrium price when simultaneously demand increases and supply decreases?

• A)Equilibrium price will increase.
• B)Equilibrium price will decrease.
• C)Equilibrium price will remain the same.
• D)Equilibrium price may increase,decrease,or remain the same depending on the magnitude of the shifts in demand and supply.

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Definitions:

Marginal Costs

The additional cost incurred from the production of one more unit of a product or service.

Value of Marginal Product

The additional revenue a firm generates from employing one more unit of input, such as labor, assuming all other inputs are constant.

Demand Decreases

A situation where there is a fall in the quantity of a product that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Perfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a large number of buyers and sellers, homogenous products, no barriers to entry or exit, and perfect information among market participants.