Question

When the economy suffers a downturn and the incomes of many people decrease, vacationers are more likely to take car trips than to fly. Which statement provides one possible explanation for this phenomenon?

Answer 1

Answer:incomes are decreasing and so is air travel, Air travel is normal good.The decrease in income results in more car trips, making it an interior good

Explanation:NORMAL GOOD:When a rise in income increases the demand for the good.

INFERIOR GOOD:When a rise in income decreases the the demand for the good.

Answer 2

Answer: Air travel is a normal good and vacation travel by car is an inferior good

Explanation: What is a normal good and what is an inferior good.

Normal goods are those goods for which the demand rises as consumer income rises. While inferior goods are goods whose demand increases when consumer income decreases.

This therefore means that the demand of inferior goods is inversely related to the income of the consumer.

From the question above, we can say that car trips are inferior goods while the air travel are normal goods.