Suppose that a consumer's preferences are well behaved in that properties 4-1 to 4-4 are satisfied and the initial equilibrium consumption bundle consists of 100 units of X and 50 units of Y.If P_X decreases such that the new equilibrium consumption bundle is 150 units of X and 75 units of Y,then goods X and Y are: A) complements. B) substitutes. C) inferior goods. D) unrelated.

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When the price of X decreases and the consumption of both X and Y increases, it indicates that X and Y are complements, as the consumption of one good increases the consumption of the other.

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