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Albert Consumes Only Tangerines and Bananas

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Albert consumes only tangerines and bananas.His only source of income is an initial endowment of 30 units of tangerines and 10 units of bananas.Albert insists on consuming tangerines and bananas in fixed proportions, 1 unit of tangerines per 1 unit of bananas.He initially faces a price of $10 per unit for each fruit.The price of tangerines rose to $30 per unit while the price of bananas stayed unchanged.After the price change, he would


A) increase his consumption of tangerines by exactly 5 units.
B) decrease his consumption or tangerines by at least 5 units.
C) increase his consumption of tangerines by exactly 15 units.
D) decrease his consumption of tangerines by exactly 7 units.
E) decrease his consumption of bananas by at least 1 unit.

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