What effect does inflation have on interest rates, and why? a. inflation decreases interest rates, because it causes the principal amount to rise. b. inflation decreases interest rates, because borrowers in an inflationary economy cannot afford higher interest rates. c. inflation increases interest rates, because the money being lent out is more valuable after inflation. d. inflation increases interest rates, because lenders must charge more to gain a benefit on devalued money.

Urgent! 20 points! here is a you are the new manager at trusty goods wholesale produce. you need to figure out how to adjust the amount of produce in your notes after the events of the day: you got 5 more crates of bananas someone returned 2 crates of apples a worker dropped a crate of grapes (oh no! , you had to throw them out) you sold a crate of bananas you sold 5 crates of apples can you write an expression to describe your day using: "a" for crates of apples "b" for crates of bananas and "g" for crates of grapes? make sure the expression is in simplest form question 2 (3 points) explain your steps using sentences.