ECON: MICRO4 (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)
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ISBN: 9781285423548
Author: William A. McEachern
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 1.2PA
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Categorize the goods as substitute, complementary and unrelated goods.
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Substitute goods are those goods which can be used in place of each other. Increase in the price of one good implies the increase in the demand of other good and vice-versa.
Complement goods are those which can only be used together. We can’t use one good at a time. Increase in the price of one good implies the decrease in the demand of other good and vice-versa.
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