If the demand for salad dressing increases when the price of lettuce decreases, the cross-price elasticity of demand between salad dressing and lettuce will be ________ because these two goods are ________.

A. negative; substitutes
B. zero; inferior
C. equal to 1; inelastic
D. negative; complements


Answer: D

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