Which of the following shifts the supply curve of rutabagas rightward? (A rutabaga is a potato-like vegetable.)
A) an increase in the price of a rutabaga
B) an exceptionally cold summer that killed much of the rutabaga crop
C) a fall in the price of fertilizer used to grow rutabagas
D) Both answers A and C shift the supply curve of rutabagas rightward.
E) Both answers A and B shift the supply curve of rutabagas rightward.

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A fall in the price of fertilizer used to grow rutabagas would lower the cost of production for farmers, thus increasing their willingness to supply rutabagas at any given price. This would shift the supply curve of rutabagas rightward, meaning that more rutabagas would be supplied at each price level. A price increase of rutabaga (Answer A) would shift the supply curve leftward, meaning that less rutabaga would be supplied at each price level. And answer B, an exceptionally cold summer that killed much of the rutabaga crop, would shift the supply curve leftward as the supply of rutabagas would decrease at each price level due to the loss of crop.

Which of the Following Shifts the Supply Curve of Rutabagas