Economics A-Level
Demand curve
What Demand curve means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Demand curve
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Shows the quantity consumers will buy at each given price, and is identical to the firm's average revenue curve.
Topics that use Demand curve
- Marginal, average and total revenue (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Average revenue
- Graphical analysis
- Marginal revenue
- Market structures
- Price elasticity of demand
- Profit maximisation
- Revenue curves
- Revenue maximisation
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