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Which of the following could cause an increase in the demand for peanut butter? Instructions: In order to receive full credit, you must make a selection for each option. For correct answer(s), click the option once to place a check mark. For incorrect answer(s), click the option twice to empty the box. ? An increase in the number of buyers in the market ? A decrease in the price of peanut butter ? An increase in the price of jelly ? An increase in the expected future price of peanut butter ? An increase in consumer incomes (if peanut butter is a normal good)

          Which of the following could cause an increase in the demand for peanut butter?
Instructions: In order to receive full credit, you must make a selection for each option. For correct answer(s), click the option once to
place a check mark. For incorrect answer(s), click the option twice to empty the box.
? An increase in the number of buyers in the market
? A decrease in the price of peanut butter
? An increase in the price of jelly
? An increase in the expected future price of peanut butter
? An increase in consumer incomes (if peanut butter is a normal good)

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Which of the following could cause an increase in the demand for peanut butter?
Instructions: In order to receive full credit, you must make a selection for each option. For correct answer(s), click the option once to
place a check mark. For incorrect answer(s), click the option twice to empty the box.
? An increase in the number of buyers in the market
? A decrease in the price of peanut butter
? An increase in the price of jelly
? An increase in the expected future price of peanut butter
? An increase in consumer incomes (if peanut butter is a normal good)

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Principles of Economics

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09/20/2023

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Which of the following could cause an increase in the demand for peanut butter? Instructions: In order to receive full credit, you must make a selection for each option. For correct answer(s), click the option once to place a check mark. For incorrect answer(s), click the option twice to empty the box. ? An increase in the number of buyers in the market ? A decrease in the price of peanut butter ? An increase in the price of jelly ? An increase in the expected future price of peanut butter ? An increase in consumer incomes (if peanut butter is a normal good)

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00:02 Which could cause an increase in demand for peanut butter? so we want to know what is going to shift demand to the right.

00:26 So the first one would cause an increase in demand.

00:30 This is because if we have more buyers, it would make sense that more of them would demand would be purchasing peanut butter.

00:40 So that would be correct.

00:45 If there's a decrease in the price of peanut butter, we move along the demand curve.

00:51 You can see that our quantity demanded is going to go up.

00:56 So this is also going to increase demand.

01:01 An increase in consumer incomes is also going to cause a shift to the right if peanut butter is a normal good.

01:08 With more incomes people can purchase more peanut butter overall.

01:13 If the price of jelly increases, jelly is a complementary good.

01:25 So if the complementary good becomes more expensive, people demand less jelly and therefore they will also demand less peanut butter.

01:34 So demand will shift to the left.

01:36 So it will not increase demand.

01:40 An increase in the expected future price of peanut butter means people think that peanut butter will become more expensive.

01:47 So therefore people will purchase more now when it is cheaper.

01:51 So that will increase demand now...

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