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1 How does a business owner know how much to produce? How much to put on the shelves?

2 Demand You’re in charge of providing a group of children with a quick breakfast everyday before school. Assume you are given a set budget per week for the food. – Price = $3.99 – how many gallons do you buy? – Price = $.99 – how many gallons? – Price = $5.99 – how many gallons? – Price = $10.99 – how many do you buy?

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4 Law of Demand What seems to be the relationship between price and quantity demanded? Why do you think this happens?

5 Income effect Substitution Effect

6 Can you draw the relationship on a graph? P Q

7 Change in Quantity Demanded D1D1 Change in quantity demanded (a movement along the curve) B 0 Price (per unit) Quantity demanded (per unit of time) 100 $2 $1 200 A

8 Limits to the Demand curve Limits to the Demand curve – Predicting total sales of milk – Demand Curve tells me? – Anything else to consider? What if price stays the same? What if price stays the same? – Ceteris Paribus

9 Can you draw the effect on a graph? P Q

10 Shift in Demand vs. Change in Quantity Demanded Price is same, change in DEMAND- WHY?

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