Question

Tomato sauce and spaghetti noodles are complementary goods. A decrease in the price of tomatoes will a. decrease consumer surplus in the market for tomato sauce and increase producer surplus in the market for spaghetti noodles. b. increase consumer surplus in the market for tomato sauce and decrease producer surplus in the market for spaghetti noodles. c. increase consumer surplus in the market for tomato sauce and increase producer surplus in the market for spaghetti noodles. d. decrease consumer surplus in the market for tomato sauce and decrease producer surplus in the market for spaghetti noodles.

Answer 1

Answer: c. increase consumer surplus in the market for tomato sauce and increase producer surplus in the market for spaghetti noodles.

Explanation:

A complementary good is the one which can be used only with another good. For example a CD can only run in a CD player or any other suitable device so the sales of CD is dependent upon the availability of device used to pay it. Other examples are tennis ball and tennis racket, mobile phone and sim cards, and others.

According to the given situation the decrease in price of tomato will be an advantage to the consumers as they will be able to purchase them with an affordable price and can produce tomato sauce this will promote the production of spaghetti noodles as tomato sauce is consumed along with spaghetti noodles this way the tomato sauce and spaghetti noodles are complementary goods for each other. The sales and production of one good will affect the sales and production of another.