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Transcribed Image Text:There is a positive (direct) relationship between two goods that are_
whereas a negative (or inverse) relationship between two goods that are
1) complementary; independent goods
2) complementary; substitutes
3) substitutes; complementary
4) substitutes; independent goods
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