Explain the law of demand with the help of a diagram.

Demand can be defined as the willingness and ability of a consumer to purchase a good or service.The law of demand states that the quantity demanded of a good or service increases as its price decreases and it decreases as its price increases, ceteris paribus. This implies that the there is a negative relationship between the quantity of good demanded and its price.

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