Explain the changes that will take place when, in a market, the demand for a good is greater than supply at the prevailing price.

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If at a prevailing price, quantity demanded is more than quantity supplied, the supplier will be motivated to increase the price of the commodity due to which demand decreases, until it reaches the equilibrium price where quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied.

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