Current market for Plasma televisions P. S P1 Q Plasma screens are an older technology used in the manufacture of flat-screen TVs. Producers of these TVs forecast that the price is likely to fall in the future as consumers switch to TVs made with another technology. At the same time, after a long and costly strike, producers are able to break the union representing most workers and substantially lower wages in the industry. What are the likely effects in the graph above? Select one: O a. S remains the same. O b. S decreases (shifts to the left). O c. S increases (shifts to the right). O d. Unknown without further information.

Current market for Plasma televisions P. S P1 Q Plasma screens are an older technology used in the manufacture of flat-screen TVs. Producers of these TVs forecast that the price is likely to fall in the future as consumers switch to TVs made with another technology. At the same time, after a long and costly strike, producers are able to break the union representing most workers and substantially lower wages in the industry. What are the likely effects in the graph above? Select one: O a. S remains the same. O b. S decreases (shifts to the left). O c. S increases (shifts to the right). O d. Unknown without further information.

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