Refer to the information provided in Figure 4.3 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Refer to Figure 4.3. If the government will not allow retailers to charge less than $0.50 for a pencil, which of the following will happen?
◦ Demand must eventually increase so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.50.
◦ Supply must eventually decrease so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.50.
◦ Retailers will have an excess supply of pencils.
◦ The market will be in equilibrium at a price of $0.50.