2. Identifying normal, inferior, and Giffen goods Suppose that BC1 on the following graph represents your initial budget constraint for good X and good Y, and point A represents the best bundle, given this choice set. After a change in the price of good X, your new budget constraint is now BC₂. The compensated budget is parallel to BC2, representing the same tradeoff between good X and good Y, and it is tangent to the given indifference curve (U) at point B. GOOD Y * C B BC, GOOD X CB BC₂ ?

2. Identifying normal, inferior, and Giffen goods Suppose that BC1 on the following graph represents your initial budget constraint for good X and good Y, and point A represents the best bundle, given this choice set. After a change in the price of good X, your new budget constraint is now BC₂. The compensated budget is parallel to BC2, representing the same tradeoff between good X and good Y, and it is tangent to the given indifference curve (U) at point B. GOOD Y * C B BC, GOOD X CB BC₂ ?

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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