Consider a Downward-Sloping Demand Curve

question 144

Multiple Choice

Consider a downward-sloping demand curve.When the price of a normal good decreases, the income and substitution effects

• A)work in the same direction to increase quantity demanded.
• B)work in the same direction to decrease quantity demanded.
• C)work in opposite directions and quantity demanded increases.
• D)work in opposite directions and quantity demanded decreases.

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Definitions:

Economic Profits

The remaining amount after deducting total expenses from the total income, taking into account all direct and indirect costs.

Profit Maximizes

A strategy or objective of businesses to achieve the highest possible profit, where total revenue exceeds total costs by the largest margin.

MR

Short for Marginal Revenue, it represents the additional income earned from selling one more unit of a good or service.

MC

Refers to Marginal Cost, the increase in total cost that arises from producing an additional unit of output.