The price of pencils sell for 10 cents and pens sell for 50 cents. suppose jack, whose preferences satisfy all of the basic assumptions, buys 5 pens and one pencil each semester. with this consumption bundle, his mrs of pencils for pens is 3. which of the following is true? a. jack is at a corner solution and is maximizing his utility. b. jack could increase his utility by buying fewer pencils and fewer pens. c. jack could increase his utility by buying more pencils and fewer pens. d. jack could increase his utility by buying more pens and fewer pencils. e. jack could increase his utility by buying more pencils and more pens. good a goes up. as a result, the demand for good b shifts to the left. from this, we can infer that a. goods a and b are complements. b. good a is used to produce good b. c. good b is used to produce good a. d. goods a and b are substitutes. e. none of the above.