Suppose that when the price of hamburgers decreases, the Ruiz family increases their purchases of tomato sauce. To the Ruiz family:
A)hamburgers and tomato sauce are complements.
B)hamburgers and tomato sauce and substitutes.
C)hamburgers and tomato sauce are normal goods.
D)hamburgers are normal goods and hot dogs are inferior goods.

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The fact that the Ruiz family increases their purchases of tomato sauce when the price of hamburgers decreases indicates that hamburgers and tomato sauce are complements - they are products that tend to be consumed together. As the price of one decreases, the demand for the other increases.

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