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Supply
Supply
• Elastic Demand:
– Demand changes a lot with a change in price
• Inelastic Demand:
– Demand changes very little with a change in
price
When is a demand curve accurate?
• When there is only a change in price.
When non-price factors affect demand it
shifts left or right.
What are 4 non-price factors that
affect Demand?
1. Change in Income
2. Substitution Effect
3. Complimentary Products
4. Changes in Attitude
SUPPLY
How business owners adapt to
meet changes in price
Lesson objectives:
SUPPLY goes
PRICE goes
Then…
up
up
Part 2. As PRICE decreases, SUPPLY decreases
SUPPLY goes
PRICE goes
Then…
down
down
Explain that to me again please.
• According to the law of supply, suppliers will
offer more of a good at a higher price
• Think about it: If people are willing to pay more
for what I am selling, then I want to make as
much of that product available as possible.
• Ex. The price of pizza goes from $10 to $11, but
it still only costs me $8 to make, I want to make
as many as I can to maximize my profit (make
as much money as I can!)
Supply Schedule
• A supply schedule is a chart that lists how
much of a good a supplier will offer at
different prices.
Example of a Supply Schedule
• Market Supply Price per Slices
Schedule for a slice of slice of supplied
pizza: Pizza per day
$.50 1,000
$1.00 1,500
$1.50 2,000
$2.00 2,500
$2.50 3,000
$3.00 3,500
Supply Curves
• A supply $3.50
curve is a