Bagels and Cream Cheese Are Complementary Goods

question 62

Multiple Choice

Bagels and cream cheese are complementary goods. Suppose that the price of flour, which is used to produce bagels, increases. The equilibrium price of CREAM CHEESE ________, and the equilibrium quantity of CREAM CHEESE ________.

• A) rises; decreases
• B) falls; decreases
• C) does not change; does not change
• D) rises; increases
• E) falls; increases

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Definitions:

Money Income

The total amount of monetary earnings received by an individual or household, including wages, salaries, and investment returns.

Fixed

Relates to assets or costs that do not change with the level of production or business activity in the short term.

Linear

A term describing something arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line.

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations used in microeconomics to show combinations of two goods that give a consumer equal satisfaction and utility.