Figure 4-22



Because of falling oil prices in the past, Libya could afford fewer imported goods. Government controls were established to limit imports of cigarettes. In 1985, the market price of Marlboros rose to $70 a carton. Which graph in Figure 4-22 best depicts this situation?



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2



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b

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