Why does quantity supplied go up as price goes up?

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Question: Why does quantity supplied go up as price goes up? 

a)For a given time period, the marginal utility gained by consuming equal successive units of a good will decline as the amount consumed increases

b)Because as price rises, producer profit rises, which induces producers to supply a larger quantitiy.

c)Because people substitute lower-priced goods for higher-priced goods as price rises.

d)Both (a) and (b) above

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