Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Demand and supply curves

Demand and supply curves — practice question

Why is it that an individual’s demand curve usually slopes downwards from left to right?

  • AThe additional satisfaction an individual gets from consuming most goods decreases as consumption increases.
  • BThe additional satisfaction an individual gets from consumption decreases as income rises.
  • CThe individual has finite income which is used to attempt to satisfy many wants.
  • DFor most goods the price charged by producers falls as the quantity purchased increases.

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