Thandi consumes pancakes and apples. Thandi's utility increases with the consumption of pancakes, but her utility neither increases nor decreases with the consumption of apples. Assuming apples are on the x-axis and pancakes are on the y-axis, what do Thandi's indifference curves look like? O A. downward-sloping lines B. L-shaped lines O C. horizontal lines D. upward-sloping lines from the origin O E. vertical lines

Thandi consumes pancakes and apples. Thandi's utility increases with the consumption of pancakes, but her utility neither increases nor decreases with the consumption of apples. Assuming apples are on the x-axis and pancakes are on the y-axis, what do Thandi's indifference curves look like? O A. downward-sloping lines B. L-shaped lines O C. horizontal lines D. upward-sloping lines from the origin O E. vertical lines

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