Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition
Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078747663
Author: McGraw-Hill
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 5R
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To explain the supply of a producer of baseball caps at different prices.

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Answer to Problem 5R

Economics Today and Tomorrow, Student Edition, Chapter 7.3, Problem 5R

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Law of Supply: This law shows the positive relationship between the quantity supplied & the prices as when the prices rise, the producers increase the quantity supplied and vice versa.

The graph shows the positive relationship of prices and the supply of baseball caps to the local stores. As the prices are increasing the quantity supplied is also increasing. It shows that the supply curve is upward sloping from left to right showing a direct relationship between the prices of baseball caps and its supply to the local stores by the producer.

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