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 more than $0.40 for a pencil, which of the following will happen?
◦ Demand must eventually decrease so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.40.
◦ Supply must eventually increase so that the market will come into equilibrium at a price of $0.40.
◦ A nonprice rationing system such as queuing must be used to ration the available supply of pencils.
◦ The market will be in equilibrium at a price of $0.40.