Betsy graduates from college, where she earned $3,000 a year working part-time, and takes a job as a third grade teacher, where she now earns $30,000 per year. About the same time she received her first paycheck, her bicycle was stolen. With her old income she would have purchased a new bike but with her new income she purchased a new car. Therefore,
a. bicycles are a normal good for Betsy
b. automobiles are an inferior good for Betsy
c. automobiles are a normal good for Betsy
d. Betsy's supply curve for automobiles is upward-sloping
e. bicycles and automobiles are complementary goods for Betsy
C
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