If the Price of Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Increases and the Demand

question 82

Multiple Choice

If the price of chocolate-covered peanuts increases and the demand for strawberry licorice twists increases, this indicates that these two goods are:

• A) unrelated goods.
• B) superior goods.
• C) inferior goods.
• D) substitute goods.

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