-Ramen Noodles Are Hotter Than Ever in 2010

question 231

Multiple Choice

-Ramen noodles are hotter than ever in 2010. Considered a bargain meal for cash-starved college students... last year, 4 billion individual packets were devoured in the United States, a 4 percent increase over 2006. If once college students graduated, they stopped eating ramen, would ramen be considered a normal or inferior good?

• A) Inferior because students only eat ramen when income is low
• B) Normal because students only eat ramen when income is low
• C) Inferior because students only eat ramen when income is high
• D) Normal because students only eat ramen when income is high

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