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Complete the following lesson by logging on to:                                                                                                        

http://www.e-connections.org/lesson7/lesson7.html                                       

Read and follow all directions.  Write all your answers on this paper.

 

Part 1

What does quantity demanded mean? answer

Use the demand schedule for bubble soda to answer these questions about quantity demanded.

What is the quantity demanded at a price of $1.00?

5 10 15 20

What is the quantity demanded at a price of $.25

5 10 15 20

As price goes down, what happens to the quantity demanded?

Increases Decreases

  

As price goes up, what happens to the quantity demanded?

Increases Decreases

Remember the relationship between price and quantity demanded is inverse and is called the Law of Demand. Demand is the relationship between various prices and the quantities consumers are willing and able to buy during some time period, holding all other things constant. Demand is not a single price and quantity demanded from the schedule. Demand is the entire schedule.

The demand schedule can also be displayed as a graph. Use the demand graph for Bubble Soda to answer these questions.

What does the demand curve look like? answer

Why is the curve downward sloping? answer

What is the one factor that resulted in consumer tastes for Bubble Soda to change? answer

Why are consumers willing and able to buy more of a product at a lower price? answer

Answer the two questions using the demand graph for skateboards.

            Amount demanded at $80?

 

            Amount demanded at $40?

Part 2

Using the graph in part 2,  answer the 3 questions

            What are the quantities demanded at each point?

What is the difference between demand curve D1 and D2?

                                               

Part 3

What could cause a change in the quantity demanded at each and every price? The factors that cause this type of change are called nonprice determinants.

Non price determinants include:
Review these by clicking on them (you do have these in your notes however)

Draw the new demand curve below with the given determinant after you answer the below this graph on your computer.. 

 

 

 

Skip part 4

 

 

Closure

In this lesson you have reviewed the law of demand and how price changes affect the amount of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy. You also learned about the nonprice determinants of demand. Nonprice determinants result in a change in demand. A change in demand means that the amount consumers are willing and able to buy changes at each and every price. Nonprice determinants are sometimes called demand shifters.

  

Schools across the country stop using textbooks. Demand for textbooks will decrease.

True False

  

A law is passed guaranteeing students ages 10 and older a minimum allowance of $25.00 per week. Demand for compact discs will decrease.

True False

  

Doctors have excellent results using vitamin E to cure acne. Demand for Vitamin E will decrease.

True False

  

The price of Bubble Soda drops. The drop in price has no effect on demand for Bubble Soda.

True False

  

The price of Bola Cola (a substitute for Bubble Soda) increases. Demand for Bubble Soda will increase.

True False

  

If the price of peanut butter (a complement for jelly) increases, the demand for jelly will decrease.

True False

    

Which of the following would result in an increase in demand? Select all that apply.


Increase in income
Increase in number of consumers in the market
Increase in price of a substitute
Increase in price of a complement

 

Evaluation

Blue jeans are a popular consumer good with teenagers. Which of the following would cause the demand for blue jeans to decrease?

Schools across the country establish a dress code that prohibits wearing blue jeans to school.
The price of blue jeans rises.

For each headline below, determine if there will be a change in demand or quantity demanded in the identified market and if this change will result in an increase or decrease in demand or quantity demanded.

Pete's Pizzeria increases the price for a small pizza.
What will happen in the market for Pizza Heaven's small pizza?

Demand Change Quantity Demanded Change

  

Will the quantity demanded:

Increase Decrease

  

Gasoline Prices Rise
What kind of change will happen in the gasoline market?

Demand Change Quantity Demanded Changed

  

Will the quantity demanded:

Increase Decrease

Consumers lose weight by eating jelly beans.
What kind of change will happen in the market for jelly beans?

Demand Change Quantity Demanded Change

Hamburger goes on sale.
What will happen in the market for hamburger buns?

Demand Change Quantity Demanded Change

Will the quantity demanded:

Increase Decrease

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 NEXT…Go to the following website, read all instructions and print out your responses and staple to this packet.  Finally, answer the questions on the last page of this handout

 http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM458 

Assessment Activity:

1. Why do businesses advertise their products?
 
2. Why might you advise a business to have a sale?
 
3. How do seasonal expectations influence demand and price?

4. In your work purchasing products, how might you be influenced by what you have learned?

Extension Activities:

  1.  Find at least 3 current events (news items) that signal changes in demand.  Use various websites to find these (CNN, Foxnews, abcnews, ESPN, etc). Housing, commodities, entertainment, and other markets also lend themselves to be analyzed in terms of changes in demand.  Write down the event (news item, situation, etc)  and state what affect it will have on demand of which type of products.

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