The law of supply and demand states that “that in a competitive free market, the price for a good will move towards the level where supply and demand for that good are equal.

The law of supply: states that producers offer more products for sale when it’s a higher price rather than at lower price. As the supply increases the price also increases and when supplies decrease price will decrease.

The law of demand: states that consumers will purchase more of a product at a lower price than at a higher price, and when there is more demand there is less quanity of the product.

The Equilibrium: Is the line where supply and demand are equal. There is a surplus of supply when price is over the equilibrium and a shortage of supply when the price is below it.


The supply and demand graph shows the price and the quantity of the object being sold in the market place.
The supply and demand graph shows the price and the quantity of the object being sold in the market place.



A example of this would be the Tickle Me Elmo because it had such a high demand but there were not enough, so the prices increased. Another example is when a grocery store has a product that no one buys the quantity increases and the demand is lowered.

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