42 pts Say we know a given consumer prefers X to C and prefers G to H. We also know this consumer prefers H to Y, and prefers C to G. Based on the assumptions of microeconomic preference theory, we can conclude that [ Select ] . The assumption used to solve the previous question is that preferences are [ Select ] .
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