Question

Refer to Exhibit 3-17. At a price of $16, the quantity demanded of good X is ____________ than the quantity supplied of good X, and economists would use this information to predict that the price of good X would soon ______________. This would push the price __________ the equilibrium price.
a. greater; fall; toward
b. greater; rise; toward
c. less; fall; toward
d. less; rise; away from
e. greater; rise; away from

Answer 1

The answer is (b) Greater,Rise ,toward

Explanation:

Refer to Exhibit 3-17. At a price of $16, the quantity demanded of good X is  Greater than the quantity supplied of good X, and economists would use this information to predict that the price of good X would soon Rise .This would push the price Toward the equilibrium price

The law of Demand states that the price and the supply of the product are inversely related (i.e . ceteris Paribus).

Also an increase in the number of buyers  of a particular product leads to a shift in the demand curve towards the right side