Writing in Commerce

Question - Explain why the price of cars in Australia are increasing.

Think
 ‘Explain’ – give reasons (why), cause and effect, relationships
 ‘Price of cars in Australia’ – need to provide evidence/examples to support response
 ‘increasing’ – focus on factors that cause increases
 Diagrams – may assist in explanation
 Cause and effect language - ttherefore, so, consequently, as a result, as
a  consequence, due to the fact that, because of

Plan

- Microchip
- Loads of people want cars
- Not enough supply for the demand
 Write – use TEEL to structure paragraph

Topic
sentence The price of cars in Australia have significantly increased due to supply and demand
affecting the price.

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Examples
The demand of cars at the moment are on the rise because of COVID- 19 affecting public
transport. Consumers want more cars than dealerships can supply because consumers don’t
want to be in covid spreading places such as buses and trains, so they buy more cars. The
market for SUV’s has increased since people want more family-friendly cars.
Another contributing factor to the increase of prices of cars are the lack and distribution of
supply like microchips that go in all cars. In the main part of covid people didn’t and
couldn’t go anywhere so manufactures used the microchips for making phones more than
cars leading to a shortage.
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Therefore, the supply and demand of cars contributed to the price of cars in Australia.