2 Lena, a student, receives a monthly allowance of$100, which she spends solely on books andbottles of fruit juice. Her preferences for thesetwo goods are very nicely behaved.Originally, books cost $10 each and fruit juicecosts $5 per bottle.Assume Lena optimally consumed 3 booksunder these original conditions.The local bookstores would like to encouragestudents to buy more books. They jointlyimplement the following policy for the nextmonth. To purchase any book, students mustfirst pay a $10 membership fee. After paying themembership fee, the student will be able topurchase books for $6 a book.Given that Lena only purchases her books fromthe local bookstores, is Lena better off, worseoff, or equally happy after the bookstoresimplement this policy?a) Lena is equally happy.b) Lena is worse off.c) Lena is better off.

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