(iv) What impact would the following have on the supply of the Apple iPhone 14? Place a tick in the correct box.
Increased supply of the Apple iPhone 14
Decrease in the cost of producing an Apple iPhone 14.
Industrial action by Apple employees.
A storm blew the roof off a factory producing the Apple iPhone 14.
✔ ✔ ✔ Decreased supply
of the Apple iPhone 14
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Key Skill: Identify whether a factor would increase or decrease the supply for a good or service
A. Tasty Choc Bars
Read each statement below. For each one, state whether the supply of Tasty Choc Bars would increase or decrease, and explain your answer.
1. The market price of Tasty Choc Bars increases. 2. The cost of cocoa and sugar used to make Tasty Choc Bars increases. 3. The government reduces VAT on chocolate bars.
4. A new machine is introduced that allows the company to produce Tasty Choc Bars more quickly and cheaply.
5. Workers at the Tasty Choc Bar factory go on strike for two weeks. B. Apple iPhones
1. Would the following factors increase or decrease the supply of the Apple iPhone 14? Give a reason for your choice. Statement
The cost of an important chip used to make iPhones doubles in price. A breakthrough in technology means iPhones can now be made twice as fast.
The main iPhone production factory is damaged in a large fire. The price Apple can sell their iPhones for increases.
2. List two other factors that could increase the supply of iPhones.