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What is Scarcity?
What are the three economic
resources?
1.Schedule or table
2.Graph
3.Equation
Qd = D – (P/2)
The quantity demanded for a good is dependent on the price of
that good. Presented in Table below is a hypothetical monthly
demand schedule for vinegar (in bottles) for one individual. The
quantity demanded is determined at each price with the following
demand function:
5
Price per bottle Number of Bottles5
4
4.3 P0 4.4
6 4.5
3
2 3.5
3
5
2.8
2
2.4
2
4 2.5
2
4
1.8
1
6 3
0
8 2
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4
10 Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 1
Hypothetical Demand Curve of Maria for Vinegar
(in bottles) for One Month
A demand function shows how the quantity demanded
of a good depends on its determinants, the most
important of which is the price of the good itself , thus,
the equation:
Qd = f(P)
Qd = D – (P/2)
Qd = 6 – (P/2)
DEMAND FUNCTION: QD = 50 – 2P
QUANTITY 14
PRICE
DEMANDED 12
A 6 38
Price
10
B 8 34
8
C 10 30
6
D 12 26 22 26 30 34 38
E 14 22 Quantity Demand
THE LAW OF DEMAND
As the price of good decreases, all other things remain
constant, the quantity demanded increases; and as the price
increases, ceteris paribus, the quantity purchased decreases.
Income Effect (Budget of consumers)
It is felt when a change in a price of a good changes
consumer’s real income or purchasing power, which is
the capacity to by with a given income.
DEMAND FUNCTION: Qd = 36 – 3P
QUANTITY
PRICE
DEMANDED
A 3
B 21
C 7
D 9
E 3
A. Qd = 36 – 3P B. Qd = 36 – 3P C. Qd = 36 - 3P
= 36 – 3 (3) 3P = 36 – Qd = 36 – 3 (7)
= 36 – 9 3 3 = 36 – 21
Qd = 27 = 36 – 21 Qd = 15
3
= 15
3
P=5
D. Qd = 36 – 3P E. Qd = 36 – 3P
3P = 36 – Qd 3P = 36 – Qd
3 3 3 3
= 36 – 9 = 36 – 3
3 3
= 27 = 33
3 3
P=9 P = 11
Demand Schedule: Demand Curve:
11
QUANTITY
PRICE
DEMANDED 9
A 3 27
Price
7
B 5 21
5
C 7 15
D 9 9 3
3 9 15 21 27
E 11 3 Quantity Demanded