When an individual's income falls (while everything else remains the same), his demand for inferior goods ____________.

increases

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decreases

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remains unchanged

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can't be determined

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Solution

The correct option is A increases
When an individual's income falls, his demand for inferior goods increases, because there is an inverse relation between income and inferior goods, other things being constant.

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