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e market for iPhones, the following two changes take place: (1) the cost of making iPhones rises, and (2) customers begin to prefer Android-platform smartphones over iPhones. What happens to equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity

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Answer: The equilibrium price is indeterminate, but the equilibrium quantity falls.

Step-by-step explanation:

As a result of the cost of iPhones rising, the production and supply for iPhones will decrease in the market to save costs. This will cause the supply curve to shift to the left.

With customers preferring android to iPhones, the demand for iPhones will decrease which will shift the demand curve left as well.

Looking at the graph attached, notice how when both supply and demand shift left at the same time, equilibrium quantity will reduce and equilibrium price however will remain indeterminate and dependent on the magnitude of the shift.

e market for iPhones, the following two changes take place: (1) the cost of making-example-1
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