In the supply-and-demand diagram of the market for peanut butter; the equilibrium point has moved down and to the right What could have caused this? rise in income, assuming that peanut butter is an inferior good shift in preferences toward peanut butter a rise in the price of peanuts d.a fall in the price of peanuts
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