Suppose a war breaks out in the Middle East, where a large proportion of the world's oil production takes place. Answer the following questions using supply-and-demand graphs. How will the market for used SUVs be affected? How do the equilibrium price and quantity change? Is there any ambiguity in the change in equilibrium price and/or equilibrium quantity

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