Question

What happens to the equilibrium price and quantity in the market for orange juice in Florida if a hurricane causes a seasonal orange shortage and the price of apple juice falls substantially. Select the correct answer below: the equilibrium price of orange juice will fall the equilibrium price of orange juice will rise the equilibrium quantity will rise the equilibrium quantity will fall

Answer 1

equilibrium quantity would fall

Step-by-step explanation:

orange is an input for making orange juice

As a result of the hurricane, orange farms would be destroyed. there would be less orange to make orange juice. this would shift the supply curve for orange juice to the left. as a result, equilibrium price would rise and equilibrium quantity would fall

I am assuming that apple juice is a substitute for orange juice. A decrease in the price of apple juice would lead to an increase in the demand for apple juice and decrease the demand for orange juice. the demand curve for orange juice would shift inwards. Equilibrium price and quantity would fall

taking these two effects together, equilibrium quantity would fall. there would be an indeterminate effect on equilibrium price