Tastes for perfect substitutes are both homothetic and quasilinear.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

True

Rationale: The MRS for such tastes is the same everywhere --- which implies it is the same along any ray from the origin (required for homotheticity) and along any vertical or horizontal ray (implying quasilinearity in both goods).

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A. pure monopoly. B. duopoly. C. contestable. D. a market where there are kinked demand curves.

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