If a product's price falls and the consumer buys 4 units, as they did before the price change, then the:

A. budget line will be unaffected.
B. consumer will no longer be in equilibrium.
C. budget line may shift either outward from or inward to the origin.
D. budget line must shift inward to the origin.


Answer: B

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