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Gas prices have risen over a dollar the last 3 months. Apply the concept of supply and demand and explain what would happen to the supply of gas and the demand for gas as a result of this increase

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Answer:

demand decrease, supply increase

Step-by-step explanation:

consumers will reduce spending with price increases, so demand will decrease. Therefore supply will increase as supply is inversely proportional to demand in this model.

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