Olga consumes two normal goods, X and Y, and is currently at an optimum. If the price of good X falls, what can we predict with certainty will occur, (aside from Olga’s real income rising)?

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She will consume more of both goods.

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The substitution effect will ensure that she consumes more of good X and less of good Y.

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She will consume more of good X, but she might consume more, less, or the same of good Y.

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The substitution effect will negate the positive effect of the rise.

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None of the above.

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