If a market basket is changed by adding more of at least one good, then rational consumers will:
A) rank the market basket more highly after the change.
B) more likely prefer a different market basket.
C) rank the market basket as being just as desirable as before.
D) be unable to decide whether the first market basket is preferred to the second or vice versa.
E) have indifference curves that cross.

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Rational consumers will always prefer more of a good. Thus, adding more of at least one good will make the market basket more desirable as it provides more utility.

If a Market Basket Is Changed by Adding More of at Least