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Chapter 3
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Economics
12th Grade
02/04/2014

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Demand
Definition
Amount of a good/service that a consumer is willing and able to buy at various prices during a time period.
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Quantity Demand
Definition
Describes the amount of a good/service that a consumer is willing and able to buy at each particular price during a given time period
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Law of Demand
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States that an increase in a good's price causes a decrease in price causes an increase in the quantity demanded
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Purchasing Power
Definition
Amount of $ people have to spend
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Income Effect
Definition
Any increase or decrease in consumers' purchasing power caused by change of price
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Diminishing Marginal Utility
Definition
More untints produced = less satisfaction
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Demand Schedule
Definition
Lists the quantity of goods thta consumers are willing and able to buy at a series of possible prices
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Demand Curve
Definition
Graph that shows the relationship between the price and the quantity demanded
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Determinants of Demand
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Group of factors for demand
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Substitute Goods
Definition
Replaces similar goods when prices rise
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Comlementary Goods
Definition
Goods used with other goods
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Elasticity Of Demand
Definition
Changes in price affect the # demanded by consumers
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Elastic Demand
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Exists when a small change in a goods price causes a major, opposite change in the # demanded
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Inelastic Demand
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Change in a good's price has little impact on the # demanded
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Total Revenue
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Refers to the total income that a business recieves from selling it's products

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