Carrie's best feasible bundle given the new prices would be the point where her new budget line is tangent to the highest possible indifference curve. Since the budget line is vertical, this would occur at the point where the indifference curve is also vertical. This means that Carrie would consume all the milk she wants (since it's free) and spend all her remaining income on Oreo cookies.
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