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A-LevelEconomicsThe Market System and Market FailureMay/June 2019Paper 1 Q71 Mark

The diagram shows the demand for and supply of cream. The original equilibrium is point X. Strawberries and cream are complementary goods. If the price of strawberries falls and the cost of producing cream increases which point represents the new equilibrium?

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of The Market System and Market Failure and is worth 1 mark.

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