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Assume a drought in the Great Plains reduces the supply of wheat. Noting that wheat is a basic ingredient in the production of bread and that potatoes are a consumer substitute for bread, we would expect the price of wheat to: A) rise, the supply of bread to increase, and the demand for potatoes to increase. B) rise, the supply of bread to decrease, and the demand for potatoes to increase. C) rise, the supply of bread to decrease, and the demand for potatoes to decrease. D) fall, the supply of bread to increase, and the demand for potatoes to increase.

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