Soft Drinks and Peanuts Are Complements

question 13

Multiple Choice

Soft drinks and peanuts are complements. Other influences on buying plans remaining the same, a rise in the price of soft drinks

• A) decreases the demand for soft drinks.
• B) increases the demand for peanuts.
• C) increases the demand for soft drinks.
• D) decreases the demand for peanuts.
• E) has no effect on the demand for peanuts, though it does change the quantity demanded of peanuts.

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