Suppose that a consumer's preferences are well behaved in that properties 4-1 to 4-4 are satisfied and the initial equilibrium consumption bundle consists of 10 units of X and 25 units of Y. If PY increases such that the new equilibrium consumption bundle is 15 units of X and 10 units of Y, then goods X and Y are:

A. unrelated.
B. normal goods.
C. complements.
D. substitutes.


Answer: D

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