Indifference curves located closer to the origin

a. are less preferred to those located farther away from the origin
b. are more preferred to those located farther away from the origin
c. cannot be tangent to a budget line
d. eventually become straight lines that coincide with the budget line
e. represent preferences that are not rational


A

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