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Was there a shift in the supply curve, demand curve, or both?

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Due to severe damage, a gas pipeline supplying gas to Arizona was shut down for a few weeks in the summer of 2003. Gas became scarce in Arizona, and prices rose, causing consumers to panic.

Address the two questions in the analysis of this event's affect on the market equilibrium.

1) Was there a shift in the supply curve, demand curve, or both?
2) Did the shift happen to the left or to the right?

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