Consider the figure shown below, which shows the market areas of sugar-beet processing plants. Suppose an increase in the price of diesel fuel doubles the cost of hauling sugar beets from farms to processing plants.a. The slope of the net price curve changes from? ____ Per mile to? ____ per mile.b. if the number of processing plants remains at three, the net price received by the farm that is most dis from its closest processing plant changes from _____ per ton to ____ per ton.

10 Net price of beets 35 30 Price per ton of beets ($) 20 40 60 80 120 160 200 240 Distance from coastline The net price of beets (received by farmers) decreases as the distance to the processing plant increases. The market area of the typical sugar-beet processing plant is 80 miles wide, so a system of processing cities develops with a distance of 80 miles between them