Which of the Following Shifts the Supply Curve for Oranges

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shifts the supply curve for oranges?

• A) An increase in the number of orange consumers.
• B) Disastrous weather that destroys about half of this year's orange crop.
• C) A newly discovered increase in the nutritional value of oranges.
• D) An increase in income for all orange consumers if oranges are a normal good.
• E) An increase in the price of bananas, a substitute in consumption for oranges.

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