Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 722: by 2001

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Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 722: By 2001, the majority of the fishing fleet in the Indian state of Kerala had mobile phones. As a result of the introduction of mobile phone service to this fishing industry, profits ________ and consumer prices ________.

• A) rose; fell
• B) fell; rose
• C) rose; rose
• D) fell; fell

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