Consumption function: C=90+0.75Yd.   Investment function: I=75.   Government spending: G=100.   Net export: NX=50.   Net taxes: T=50.   Disposable income: YdY-T.   Equilibrium: Y=C+I+G+NX.   a. Solve for equilibrium income. Show your work below.   b. If autonomous investment decreases by 60, what is the new level of income? Show your answer on the same graph. Show your work below.   c. What is the value of the spending multiplier? Show your work below

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Given the following for the economy of a country:

 

Consumption function: C=90+0.75Yd.

 

Investment function: I=75.

 

Government spending: G=100.

 

Net export: NX=50.

 

Net taxes: T=50.

 

Disposable income: YdY-T.

 

Equilibrium: Y=C+I+G+NX.

 

a. Solve for equilibrium income. Show your work below.

 

b. If autonomous investment decreases by 60, what is the new level of income? Show your answer on the same graph. Show your work below.

 

c. What is the value of the spending multiplier? Show your work below.

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