Assume that coffee and tea are substitutes. Given a downward sloping demand curve for tea, an increase in the price of tea will cause
A) an increase in the demand for coffee.
B) a decrease in the demand for coffee.
C) a leftward shift of the demand curve for tea.
D) a leftward shift in the demand for coffee.
Answer: A
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