Toyota cars and Honda cars are substitutes. If a technological breakthrough reduced the cost of producing Toyota cars: a. What would happen to the supply of Toyota cars? b. What would happen to the price of Toyota cars and the quantity exchanged? c. What effect would this change in the price of Toyota cars have on the market for Honda cars? d. Draw graph(s) for each answer, respectively.

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Toyota cars and Honda cars are substitutes. If a technological breakthrough reduced the cost of producing Toyota cars:

a. What would happen to the supply of Toyota cars?

b. What would happen to the price of Toyota cars and the quantity exchanged?

c. What effect would this change in the price of Toyota cars have on the market for Honda cars? d. Draw graph(s) for each answer, respectively.

 

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