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Preferance of food after income rises

Assume that, for you, lobster is an ordinary good and peanut butter is a poorer good. When your income increases, you will probably consume: (1) Greater of both goods. (2) Less of both goods. (3) Greater peanut butter and less lobster. (4) Greater lobster and less peanut butter.

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