Basil is a broke college student who consumes only coffee and pizza. No one is really sure how he can survive on those two goods alone, but somehow he does. Coffee is $2 per cup, and pizza is $5 per pizza. Basil's weekly budget constraint is shown below. On the graph below show how his budget constraint would change if Basil gets an additional $10 per week from his grandmother. 15 14 13 120 Coffee (cups per week) 65 4 3 MN PO 2 1 Budget Constraint 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Basil is a broke college student who consumes only coffee and pizza. No one is really sure how he can survive on those two goods alone, but somehow he does. Coffee is $2 per cup, and pizza is $5 per pizza. Basil's weekly budget constraint is shown below. On the graph below show how his budget constraint would change if Basil gets an additional $10 per week from his grandmother. 15 14 13 120 Coffee (cups per week) 65 4 3 MN PO 2 1 Budget Constraint 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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