30 points you see a commercial for a new product. it promises you clear skin in 30 days and greater confidence. the company selling the product is using,

a. a claim of higher quality than competing products in price-based competition
b. a claim of higher quality than competing products in non-price competition
c. an emotional appeal in advertising as a method of price-based competition
d. an emotional appeal in advertising as a method of non-price competition

Susie buys two goods - rounds of golf and massages. suppose that the price of a round of golf is $20, and the price of a massage is $30. in a typical week susie will play two rounds of golf, getting 20 units of satisfaction from the second round. she normally buys three massages each week, with the third giving her 30 units of satisfaction. if she were to buy a fourth massage in a week, it would give her 20 units of satisfaction. if the price of massages is reduced to $15, which of the following outcomes might we expect to occur? a) susie would leave her consumption choices unchanged because of diminishing marginal utility in the consumption of massages. b) susie would buy more massages and more rounds of golf, as predicted by the substituion effect. c) susie would buy more massages and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by the substitution effect. d) susie would buy more massage and fewer rounds of golf, as predicted by income effect.