A consumer allocates all income between two products, A and B. If, on an indifference map, the equilibrium position shifts onto a higher indifference curve, then:

A. The consumer must be purchasing more of both products
B. The relative prices of A and B must have changed
C. The prices of A and B must have increased
D. Total utility must have increased


D. Total utility must have increased

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