A study showing that eating ranch salad dressing might be harmful to one’s health slightly reduces the demand for the product. However, a new bottling method greatly increases the production of this dressing. Considering this, the equilibrium quantity of this dressing would ______.

a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain constant
d. be indeterminate


b. increase

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