The City of Burlington Gets Very Hot Each Summer and Very

question 121

Multiple Choice

The city of Burlington gets very hot each summer and very cold each winter.We would expect the demand for lemonade to:

• A) increase constantly.
• B) decrease each summer and increase each winter.
• C) increase each summer and decrease each winter.
• D) decrease constantly.

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