Last year, Sefton purchased 60 pounds of potatoes to feed his family of five when his household income was $30,000. This year, his household income fell to $20,000 and Sefton purchased 80 pounds of potatoes
All else constant, Sefton's income elasticity of demand for potatoes is
A) positive, so Sefton considers potatoes to be a normal good and a necessity.
B) positive, so Sefton considers potatoes to be an inferior good.
C) negative, so Sefton considers potatoes to be an inferior good.
D) negative, so Sefton considers potatoes to be a normal good.
C
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A) obligation; right B) right; obligation C) obligation; obligation D) right; right
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