Which of the Following Shifts the Supply Curve of Rutabagas

question 312

Multiple Choice

Which of the following shifts the supply curve of rutabagas rightward? (A rutabaga is a potato-like vegetable.)

• A) an increase in the price of a rutabaga
• B) an exceptionally cold summer that killed much of the rutabaga crop
• C) a fall in the price of fertilizer used to grow rutabagas
• D) Both answers A and C shift the supply curve of rutabagas rightward.
• E) Both answers A and B shift the supply curve of rutabagas rightward.

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