The Price of Good X Increases by 25 Percent,causing the Quantity

question 98

Multiple Choice

The price of Good X increases by 25 percent,causing the quantity consumed of Good Y to decrease by 10 percent.If everything else is held constant in the economy,we can say with certainty that Good X and Good Y are

• A) substitutes.
• B) inferior.
• C) complements.
• D) normal.
• E) unrelated.

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