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The question contrasts between different regions which face similar situations of falling demand. Yet one region suffers more?
So if the average prices falls greater for region A, region A will suffer more. The answer choice B says that as a response to falling demand producers in region A will end up with over supply and this is a good reason for lower prices
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Can you help with the explanation for B.
I felt E relates better to the answer
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(A) Tropical crops like those produced by Region A usually command higher prices on the world market than do basic foodstuffs like those produced by Region B.
IN addition to the higher price commanded we are not in a position to find out as of why region A didn't better survive the economic downtrown

(B) Region B's economy was dependent on annual crops, the supply of which is easily adjusted because the plants are renewed each year, in contrast to the perennial crops grown in Region A.

This can be taken as a valid reason as of why crops in region B better survived the impact in comparison to region a

(C) Because tropical goods are generally bought by more affluent consumers, demand for these products rarely declines even when overall income levels drop.
This however doesn't address the claim as of why was region A not able to weather the economic depression

(D) The temperate-zone basic foodstuffs produced in Region B directly competed with similar crops produced by the countries that imported Region B's goods.
This still doesn't address the reason as of why region A have faced the inappropriate setback

(E) Because Region B's economy was dependent on the export of basic foodstuffs, there was only a slight decline in demand for its goods even after income levels dropped
Similar reasoning as D
Hence IMO B
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