01a applying graphs to economics
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Appendix 1 Applying Graphs to
Economics
©1999 South-Western College Publishing
• Key Concepts• Summary• Practice Quiz•Internet Exercises
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What is aDirect Relationship
between two variables?When one increases,
the other increases and vice versa
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What is the Slope of a line?
The ratio of change in the variable on the vertical axis (the rise or fall) to change in the variable on the horizontal axis (the run).
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Slope = rise/run = vertical axis/horizontal axis
= Y/X
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Expenditure for Personal Computerat Different Annual Incomes
Personal Expenditure
Annual Income
$1,000$2,000$3,000$4,000
$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000
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3
2
1
10 20 30 40
A
B
C
D
Y=1
X=10
Y
X
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What is an Inverse Relationship between
two variables?When one increases,
the other decreases and vice versa
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Quantity of Compact Discs Consumers Purchased at Different Prices
Price per compact disc
Quantity of compact discs
$20
$15
$10
25,000,000
50,000,000
75,000,000
$5 100,000,000
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20
15
10
5
25 50 75 100
A
B
C
D
Y=5
X=25
Negative Sloping Curve
X
Y
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What is an Independent Relationship between
two variables?When one variable changes,
the other variable remains unchanged
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Expenditure for Toothpasteat Different Annual Incomes
Personal Expenditure
Annual Income
$10$20
$30$40
$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000
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30
20
10
10 20 30 40
A B C D
Y=0X=10
X
Y
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Can Slope vary along a curve?
Yes, the slope of a curve can vary along the curve
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3
2
1
10 20 30 40
AY=2
X=30 X
Y
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20
15
10
5
25 50 75 100
AY=
X=50
-10
X
Y
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How can I tell the difference between a
movement along a curve and a shift in the curve?When price changes, there
is movement along a curve. When something other than price changes, the whole curve shifts.
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What can change other than price?
When income increases, for example, the whole demand curve shifts upward
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15
10
5
25 50 75 100
Annual Income $60,000
Annual Income $30,000 X
Y
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20
15
10
5
5 10 15 20
C
D
Positive Sloping Curve
X
Y
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Key Concepts
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• What is a Direct Relationship between two variables?
• What is the Slope of a line?
• What is an Inverse Relationship between two variables?
• What is an Independent Relationship between two variables?
• Can Slope vary along a curve?
• What can change other than price?
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Summary
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Graphs provide a means to clearly show economic relationships in two-dimensional space. Economic analysis is often concerned with two variables confined to the upper right-hand (northeast) quadrant of the coordinate number system.
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3
2
1
10 20 30 40
A
B
C
D
Y=1
X=10
Y
X
A direct relationship
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20
15
10
5
25 50 75 100
A
B
C
D
Y=5
X=25
An inverse relationship
X
Y
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40
30
20
10
10 20 30 40
A B C D
Y=0X=10
X
Y An independent relationship
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4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40
AY=2
X=30 X
Y Positive slope of an upward-sloping curve
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20
15
10
5
25 50 75 100
AY=
X=50
-10
X
Y Negative slope of an downward-sloping curve
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A shift in a curve occurs only when the ceteris paribus assumption is relaxed and a third variable not on either axis of the graph is allowed to change
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Appendix Quiz
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1. Straight line CD in Exhibit A-7 on the next page shows thata. increasing the value of X will increase the
value of Y.b. decreasing the value of X will decrease
the value of Y.c. there is a direct relationship between X
and Y.d. all of the above.
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D. As the value of X increases, the value of Y increases, and vice versa; this is called a direct relationship.
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10
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5 10 15 20
D
EXHIBIT A-7
X
Y
C
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2. In Exhibit A-7, the slope of straight line CD isa. 3.b. 1.c. -1.d. 1/2.
D. The slope of a line is measured by the rise over the run, or a change in vertical divided by a change in the horizontal. For example, as Y increases from 5 units to 15, X increases from 0 to 20. The slope is 10 divided by 20.
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3. In Exhibit A-7, the slope of straight line CD isa. positive.b. zero.c. negative.d. variable.
A. When both X and Y move in the same direction, it is said that they are directly related to one another.
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4. Straight line AB in Exhibit A-8 shows thata. increasing the value of X reduces the
value of Y.b. decreasing the value of X increases the
value of Y.c. there is an inverse relationship between
X and Y.d. all of the above.
D. When the value of X decreases, the value of Y increases and vice versa; this shows a direct relationship between X and Y.
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15
10
5
5 10 15 20
A
B
EXHIBIT A-8
X
Y
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5. As shown in Exhibit A-8, the slope of straight line ABa. decreases with increases in X.b. increases with increases in X.c. increases with decreases in X.d. remains constant with changes in X.
D. The slope of a straight line stays the same between the two points on the line.
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6. In Exhibit A-8, the slope of straight line AB isa. 3.b. 1.c. -1.d. -5.
C. There is a one to one inverse ratio between a change in X and a change in Y. For example, as Y decreases from 20 units to 0, X increases from 0 to 20. The slope is -20 divided by 20.
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7. A shift is a curve represents a change ina. the variable on the horizontal axis.b. the variable on the vertical axis.c. a third variable that is not on either
axis.d. any variable that is relevant to the
relationship being graphed.
C. A shift occurs when something changes other than the price.
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8. A change in a third variable not on either axis of a graph is illustrated with aa. horizontal or vertical line.b. movement along a curve.c. shift of a curve.d. point of intersection.
C. When price changes the movement is always along a stationary curve. When something changes other than price, the whole curve shifts.
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