What Would You Expect to Happen to the Price and Quantity

question 29

Multiple Choice

What would you expect to happen to the price and quantity of Pepsi if the price of Coke increases and Pepsi develops a new technology that makes its production process more efficient?

• A) The equilibrium price will go up and the equilibrium quantity will go up.
• B) The equilibrium price will be indeterminate and the equilibrium quantity will go up.
• C) The equilibrium price will go down and the equilibrium quantity will be indeterminate.
• D) The equilibrium price will be indeterminate and the equilibrium quantity will go down.
• E) The equilibrium price will go up and the equilibrium quantity will be indeterminate.

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