Q.Explain law of demand with the help of diagram. OR Explain market demand with the help of a suitable diagram.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The law of demand says quantity demanded varies inversely with price (ceteris paribus), so the demand curve slopes downward; the market demand curve is the horizontal sum of individual demand curves.
Law of demand (with diagram described): put price on the vertical axis and quantity demanded on the horizontal axis. The demand curve DD slopes downward from left to right, showing that at a higher price P1 a smaller quantity Q1 is demanded and at a lower price P2 a larger quantity Q2 is demanded.
The law states: other things remaining constant (tastes, income, prices of related goods), the quantity demanded of a good rises when its price falls and falls when its price rises. The inverse relationship arises because:
- a fall in price makes the good cheaper relative to substitutes (substitution effect), and
- it raises the consumer's real purchasing power (income effect), both of which increase quantity demanded. …
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