Phil Rupp's Sister Ethel Has the Utility Function U(x, Y)=

Phil Rupp's sister Ethel has the utility function U(x, y) = min{5x + y, 6y}.Where x is measured on the horizontal axis and y on the vertical axis, her indifference curves consist of a

A) horizontal line segment and a negatively sloped line segment which meet in a kink along the line x = y.
B) vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment which meet in a kink along the line y = 5x.
C) positively sloped line segment and a negatively sloped line segment which meet along the line x = y.
D) vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment which meet in a kink along the line x = 5y.
E) horizontal line segment and a positively sloped line segment which meet in a kink along the line x = 5y.

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