A change in which of the following will NOT shift the demand curve for hamburgers

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A change in which of the following will NOT shift the demand curve for hamburgers

A change in which of the following will NOT shift the demand curve for hamburgers

Principles of Microeconomics (8th Edition)

Book Edition 8th Edition
Author(s) Mankiw
ISBN 9781337096874
Publisher Cengage Learning
Subject Economics

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Chapter 4, End Of Chapter, Chapter Quick Quiz, Exercise 1

A change in which of the following will NOT shift the demand curve for hamburgers?

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here we are asked what will not shift the demand curve for hamburgers. One of the easiest things I like to do is just remember what my econ teacher told me changes in price. Don't shift the curve right? So if we just went off that, then this would be the answer because this is the only one that's into green. This is the only one shifting the price and hamburgers. That's how I quickly get the sense. But if we were to break it down step by step, let's let's think about it. So there are a couple of factors that shift the demand curve for for hamburgers. That'll be the price of complementary goods or substitutes. So hot dogs would be a substitute two hamburgers. You can either get a hot dog or hamburger. So this would impact the demand curve for the hamburgers because if more people got hot dogs then less people get hamburgers to demand for this would decrease. Next we have we already determined their answer will come back to that in a second. Okay, next we have the price of hamburger buns, so hamburger buns are a supplement or they go along with the hamburgers. So for that if the price of the buns increased, the price of the hamburger would also increase so therefore that we have a shift because a something else, a compliment is increasing. Okay, so that should raise that. But either way this would also cause a shift in demand curve. This would also cause a shift in the man curve or pick this one. Okay, last one we have income of hamburger consumers now depending on if hamburgers are like a normal good or not. But basically if the income for those who want hamburgers increases, then the demand will also increase. If the income for those who want hamburgers decreases, the demand will also increase. So therefore this would also shift the demand curve here, the price of hamburgers. If my supply and demand curve, I should just a different color. If my supply and demand curve is uh like this demand supply and I have a change in price, I won't be shifting my demand curve like up or down. Instead I will just be shaping my location on this Domenico. So instead of going here instead of going here, I now might go here because the price is um changed. Or am I go here, The prices change. So this right here is the correct answer.

Question: 2

2. A change in which of the following will NOT cause a shift in the demand curve for hamburgers?

  • A. The price of hot dogs
  • B. The price of hamburgers
  • C. The price of hamburger buns
  • D. Income levels of hamburger consumers
  • E. The price of ketchup

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

B A shift in the demand curve comes about due to changes in the price of substitutes, changes in price of complimentary goods, or changes in income (this last point is sometimes forgotten on the AP Exam). Shifts in the demand curve are caused by price changes in substitutes and complimentary goods. This helps eliminate (A) and (C). Choice (E) is tricky, as the price of ketchup would cause a shift in the demand curves for both hot dogs and hamburgers. As our focus is only hamburgers, (E) can be eliminated. Changes in income level will cause the demand curve for hamburgers to shift, so (D) can be eliminated. As the price of hamburgers changes, the demand curve does not shift, but there is a movement along the (existing) demand curve. Therefore the answer is (B).

What will not shift the demand curve for hamburgers?

Answer and Explanation: A change in the price of hamburgers is what we call a movement along the demand curve, and not a shift. A change in price simply moves us from one point on the existing demand curve to another and doesn't affect quantity demanded at each price.

What shifts the demand curve for hamburgers?

The increased price of raw material will increase the price of the commodity which in turns shifts its demand curve.

Which of the following will not shift the demand curve?

Answer and Explanation: A change in the price of a good does not shift the demand curve.

What will make the demand curve shift what will not make it shift?

Factors that can shift the demand curve for goods and services, causing a different quantity to be demanded at any given price, include changes in tastes, population, income, prices of substitute or complement goods, and expectations about future conditions and prices.