Elvis Loves to Eat Peanut Butter with Bananas

question 99

Multiple Choice

Elvis loves to eat peanut butter with bananas.Martha thinks the combination of peanut butter and bananas is repulsive.Therefore,economists would classify peanut butter and bananas as:

• A)complements for Elvis,but not for Martha.
• B)complements only if their cross-price elasticity is negative.
• C)complements only if their cross-price elasticity is positive.
• D)unrelated because whether or not they are complements depends in individual tastes.

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