If the Production of Two Goods Uses a Common Input

question 2

Multiple Choice

If the production of two goods uses a common input, increases in production of one good will cause:

• A) decreases in the supply and increases in the price of the other good.
• B) decreases in the supply and price of the other good.
• C) increases in the supply and price of the other good.
• D) increases in the supply and decreases in the price of the other good.

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