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Chapter 5 Section 1
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Supply – the amount of goods available Law of Supply ◦ Producers offer more of a good as its price increases and less as its price falls Law of Supply Price Supply
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Higher production = higher profit Market Entry – more want in on the business ◦ Example – all the different pizza places in Avon
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Price Per Slice of PizzaSlices Supplied Per Day $1100 $2150 $3200 $4250 $5300 $6350 Can You Graph This?
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Elasticity of Supply ◦ A measure of the way quantity supplied reacts to a change in price ◦ More than 1 = Elastic, Less than 1 = inelastic Equal to 1 = Unitary Elastic
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Elasticity of Supply Depends on TIME ◦ Supply in the short run Business have trouble adjusting to changes in price in the short term Supply is inelastic ◦ Supply in the long run Over time, adjusts are made Supply is more elastic
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