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Suppose That Mario Consumes Eggplants and Tomatoes in the Ratio

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Suppose that Mario consumes eggplants and tomatoes in the ratio of 1 bushel of eggplants per 1 bushel of tomatoes.His garden yields 30 bushels of eggplants and 10 bushels of tomatoes.He initially faced prices of $25 per bushel for each vegetable, but the price of eggplants rose to $100 per bushel, while the price of tomatoes stayed unchanged.After the price change, he would


A) increase his eggplant consumption by 6 bushels.
B) increase his consumption of eggplants by 8 bushels.
C) decrease his consumption of eggplants by 8 bushels.
D) decrease his eggplant consumption by at least 6 bushels.
E) decrease his tomato consumption by at least 1 bushel.

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