Refer to Scenario 3.2 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
SCENARIO 3.2: Lettuce and spinach are substitutes. Lettuce and tomatoes are complements. Lettuce is a normal good. During the winter, about 20% of the lettuce crop was destroyed by flooding.
-Refer to Scenario 3.2. The floods that destroyed part of the lettuce crop would have caused

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Since lettuce and tomatoes are complements, a decrease in the supply of lettuce due to flooding would lead to a decrease in the demand for tomatoes, as people buy less lettuce and, consequently, also buy less of the products that are typically consumed with it.