1. (a) Which causes a shortage of a good--- a price ceiling or a price floor? Justify your answer with a graph. (b) What is a budget constraint? A consumer has an income of $3000. Soda costs $3 per liter and cheese costs $6 per pound. Draw the consumer's budget constraint with soda on the vertical axis. What is the slope of this budget constraint?

1. (a) Which causes a shortage of a good--- a price ceiling or a price floor? Justify your answer with a graph. (b) What is a budget constraint? A consumer has an income of $3000. Soda costs $3 per liter and cheese costs $6 per pound. Draw the consumer's budget constraint with soda on the vertical axis. What is the slope of this budget constraint?

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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