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If there is excess demand in the market, the price would tend to change. How would the demand change to bring the market back to the equilibrium?

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Excess demand means quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied at the prevailing price, so the price rises. As the price increases, consumers move upward along the same demand curve and buy less, i.e. there is a contraction in demand, until the market returns to equilibrium. The curve itself does not shift.

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