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Assignment 1
Assignment 1
i) At what price would no one be willing to buy any of the commodity?
ii) If the commodity is given free, what is the quantity demanded?
2) Construct a market demand function from the given demand functions for two
individual consumers (assume there are only two consumers)
Consumer a : Q = 20 P
Consumer B : Q = 15 P
3) The fees in public schools relative to most other goods have increased during the last
one decade. But the demand for public education has also increased. These
observations contradict the law of demand. Comment.
4) i) This year the price of a chocolate is Rs. 10 and the price of a compact disc is
Rs. 100. In terms of chocolates, what is the relative price of a compact disc?
What is the opportunity cost of buying a compact disc? How are the two answers
related?
ii) Can a product's relative price fall even though its money price has risen? Why or
why not?
5) What happens to demand when the following changes occur:
i) The price of the commodity falls.
ii) Income decreases and the commodity is inferior
iii) The price of a substitute good decreases.
iv) The price of a complementary good decreases.
v) The price of the commodity is expected to decrease.
6) State if the following statements are True or False. Give reasons.
i) Demand for cold drinks increases with change in weather.
ii) Income demand curve for inferior commodities moves backwards to indicate that
less is demanded at higher levels of income.
iii) If the price of computers goes up, the demand for Internet connections will fall.
iv) If tea and coffee are perfect substitute, an increase in the price of tea will
increase the demand for coffee.
v) Cross demand tells the relationship between the price and demand for a
commodity.